I am new to the flying side of the hobby, i have had planes for 3 years but never flown them... I have been taking lessons and have only had 2 so far. i have the FMSsim to pratice on and have been using that alot.

1) SO.. I had my second lesson yesterday, first lesson was going up and doing left, right turns and keeping altatude, I did some figure 8s, leaning how the plane turns,the instrutor askedme if i want to try take offs.I saidnot yet, only becouse we didnt have a buddy box. not many2.4ers at the field. How long before you guys started learning take offs? is there any thing that i shouldlearn first? ie: stall recovery...

2) when I was flying it sounded like the enginewould skip acycle, but never died.Is thisnormal? andalso I ran a tank of fuel though the plane to day and inoticed at full throttle the RPMs where not constant. is thisnormal?

3) at idle there is a loud rattle comming from the motor and mount, both are metal. but as the RPMs increase the rattlegoes away. is this also normal?I also timed the plane from the time that i started it to the time that it ran outa gas. 30mins.<span style="font-size: smaller"></span>im happy knowing that i can get 20-25 mins of flying time outa one tank.
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