i taught myself how to fly on a china trainer. did some time on realflight beforehand but chose a work day to go out to the field. there was only one other person there. and plain did it. was it smart? no. would i recommend it? no. but it can be done. but probably not with that plane. i flew a 40 size trainer... it wasn't pretty but it did the job. i also did i lot of RC car racing before so orientation wasn't an issue. i recommend that you spend a good deal of time on the sim and/or do some RC car racing. at least then you learn to track and compensate correctly. and when i say RC car racing, i don't mean bashing in your back yard, i mean running it through a track. think i twill help! jmho!