I'm probably a prime example of moving forward too quickly. I took to RC pretty good and I'd say I became a decent pilot within a few months. I always wanted cooler planes though so I never stuck with anything long. At this point in my flying experience I can take a 3D profile and hover it, flat spins, blenders, harriers, you name it. I almost started thinking I was becoming a great pilot. Something kept nagging me though. The majority of my landings are great but I'd still end up just off the pavement now and then or send the plane bouncing. I also noticed that a lot of my maneuvers weren't as precise or crisp as I would like. My mistake was wanting to do the cool stuff before fully mastering some fundamentals. I actually decided to take a step back to work on the basics a little more. I bought a Sport Stick 40 from Hobby People as a "beater plane". I use it to do touch and goes, fly the pattern inverted, practice aerobatic maneuvers and so on. The plane actually flys so good with a .46-AX that it's probably my favorite now (I love doing full throttle inverted fly-bys with it). I have a World Models Skyraider Mach-II waiting for the day that the Sport Stick loses the rest of its covering and falls apart on me. Both are cheap planes that I can afford to screw up with. I also enjoy building so I just ordered my 4th 4* to bash into something a little nicer looking.

I went back to the basics for a reason. I want to be one of the better pilots at the club. I also really like airplanes such as my GP Revolver and OMP Edge-540. Warbirds have really been catching my interest too. I don't want these planes beat up or crashed due to me forgetting about the basic things.