RobBeach:

Thanks so very much for your quick reply and all the great info.. Its very much appreciated.. The videos were also a great help.

I do have a flight simulator, in fact, two of them which I've spent a lot of time with.. FMS and PreFlight, and while neither have the Eagle 50, the PreFlight does have the Raptor and seems much more realistic. I just feel its time to get the real thing up and running properly and take it all outside and give it a try without doing major damage . I do have the training gear as well which will certainly go on before first flightsl

Again .. thanks for your help