This plane is designed to fly slow. However, slow is relitive to experience and space that you fly in. I would not recomend taking this plane to the local park and try to fly it as you would run out of space in a hurry. Ensure you have a propper unobstructed feild to fly in and have an experienced flyer help you out with it. Don't change anything on it at first. You have a hobby quality trainer there that you can truely learn to fly with. Just take your time and get some face to face help. The only thing those of us that fly model planes love more than flying is helping someone else learn to fly.