I have to completely agree with Unstable on this one. At my field the instructors run the gamet from as completely hands off as possible (I lucked out and got that one) to taking control every 3 seconds and flying so high you can barely see the plane. I definitely would suggest the buddy box because if it weren't for that I would have given up long ago. With my instructors hands off approach I have become a lot more comfortable with my plane and I don't "freak out" when something doesn't go as planned. I just slow the throttle down and figure out what needs to be done to fix things before my plane goes back to kit form. Just my opinion.