Thanks for the encouragement. I had a good day at the field today. I flew solo for the 1st time - from taxi to takeoff to landing - wuz way cool. Another guy had an avistar with a .55 in it and he could do almost anything he wanted. After all the advice above, and my experience today, I think I'll definitely stick with the avistar for a while. I'm going to look for a .46 tho, as I would like to have a little more umph into the wind. I'm really enjoying this stuff....