I would go ahead and fly the Stik. As suggested, keep the control throws low for a while. I help my brother and he felt that his Big Stik 60 was an 'animal' at the low rate setting so we dialed it back a little bit and that made it much easier for him to handle. He's on a buddy box and I have high rates available. As he learns to handle the plane we plan to increase his throws a little at a time.