...but the important question to ask is:

"Did you get 'the RUSH' ?"

when I first flew it was like someone had smashed my adrenal glands with a mallet! I was LOVING IT!!!!!!! This is an addictive sport

I've got to hand it to you though, to me, a 3 channel is harder to fly than a 4 channel to me. I just can't get used to "missing" a control surface.... I know it's a matter of "practice" but it just feels weird to me (i guess this is what I get for experiencing flying "full size" before RC !). If you didn't ditch it and you'll learn soon that ANY landing you can "fly afterwards" is a GOOD landing (not a PERFECT landing, just not an OUCH![:@] )

Getting your bearings on a plane while it's at 200' up can be a real booger! That's why alot of trainers have WILDLY contrasting colors on the undersides of the wings ( I recently saw one that was "magenta" on the underside. You could TELL when that thing was going wrong!) Sims can help you with that, to a point, but pixels get PRETTY tiny on a screen pretty quick too! I think the word that combat fighter pilots call it is "situational awareness". Practice, Practice, and Practice some more. AND WITH AN INSTRUCTOR!

Happy flying! (btw, I STILL get that "RUSH" from flying )