First of all I must thank the airplane Hobby lobby Skimmer. Great plane and very easy to fix. I am self taught and just got it figured out yesterday. I had a great flight, powered up and glided down and powered back up and flew around until the power line got in the way,wow, the plane did a cartwheel in mid air. I really had it flying for the first time though. When I first started I crashed this thing 6 times right into the ground not more than 10 feet away, then after reading treads on this site and lots of epoxy i learned a few things. The plane must be balanced perfectly, the control surfaces must be smooth and perfect, and easy on the controls let the plane fly, don't fly the plane. Anyways to all beginners yes you can teach yourself. However,I enoy rebuilding the plane and and a cold beer after a quick crash helps ease the pain of hours of work destroyed in a 5 sec crash. oh yea, It helps to throw the plane off something like a hill or tall building that way it takes longer to hit the gound at first. IT"S JUST TOO COOL WHEN IT SOARS THROUGH THE AIR THE FIRST TIME!

Great site! thanks everyone for the info on everything!