Before you try and fly it check that with no input on the sticks that rudder and elevators all look as though they're perfectly in line with the battery connected and the TX switched on. My 1st take off I thought if I put in a couple of clicks of up trim at least it won't head for the ground but it made it really hard for me to fly as it was just trying to go up so just make sure they're level.

With your Sim put the trim tabs way out before take off and practice trimming on the Simulator lots 1st so you get used to it, when you fly it for the 1st time if it's not flying absolutely true and it needs trimming use the sticks to correct to start with until you've got LOTS of height and then trim it.

I was suprised when I went to a club at how high they got the beginners to fly and wa probably double the double the height I'd been flying but it just gives you a heap more to to recover if you've made a mistake.

As long as you're not climbing steeply the plane will float around nicely in about 50 / 60% throttle - less speed = more think time.

It sounds easy to say but don't panic, think that causes more accidents than anything else, if you've got a decent amount of height and aren't sure of orientation just cut the throttle right back.

The more Sim time you can get the greater you're chances are so really do put in the time and as everybody else has said pick a day with virtually no wind at all, early in the morning's often the best time of day.