I've had to rebuild 3 of these planes that were crashed on the first flight by friends who thought they could handle it. They were all experienced with the hobbyzone Super Cub, but failed to check a few important items before trying to fly it. Two of them did not have their elevator trim set properly, one of them did not check out the radio system and crashed due to a defective reciever. If you decide to start with this plane, make sure you have some help and let an experienced pilot maiden it and trim it out for you. I own three of these and have put together and maidened about 8 of them with no problems. My point being there are some things to check and look out for that an experienced pilot will be more likely to catch. Hope it works for you, happy flyin!