ORIGINAL: DenverJayhawk
I completely agree. I just have the bug to buy a second model already. Using a buddy box, my instructor had me do the take off which was actually not a problem at all. Little bit of left rudder to straighten the take off and it picked up nice and easily. We then did some approaches and my biggest issue was getting the plane to lose altitude. I kept overshooting the runway even an idle. My only complaint is the NexStar doesn't want seem to want to come back to Earth.
The Nexstar does like to float. Do you have the wing droops and speed flaps on? The flaps create a lot of lift and make it hard to bring the plane down. Double check your idle speed - should be around 2000rpm. If it's high it will be hard to bring down. You can try lowering the trim on your throttle if the engine sounds fast when you're coming in to land.
If you get to the point of feeling very confident with the Nexstar, you will be in for a real treat when you fly a proper 'second plane' - the Nexstar does it's job well of being a trainer - to the point that everything else will seem like a piece of cake to fly and land!
I got the Phoenix Dolphin for my second plane. $99 from Tower Hobbies and it's a lot of fun to fly, very easy and can do some good basic aerobatics.
Welcome to the hobby and good luck!