It can be a little touchy on take off, bring the power up steady until it gets rolling 20 feet or so, then bring the power up and the tail will pop right up. Just be ready to use the rudder and also be ready to abort the take off. Landing you have to keep the power up a little since it is a heavy airplane, but it lands real nice, it does like to bounce if you don't have the right airspeed on landing, but it's easy to get the hang of it. It is really a cool looking airplane in the sky!