Thanks for the advice that was a super quick reply!
i love this forum already.

The TX and RX battery are both old so ill check on that!

My friend flies already, he has all electric stuff but he has a Sukhoi and does 3D stuff so he knows his stuff (i hope!!) and he's gonna stand there with me just in case.

I like the slow landings part haha sounds good to me. I've always loved the way it looks when an plane lands with just the right amout of flare then slowlyy settles down. (maybe ill get there someday haha)

The first flight I'm going to move about and rotate so the planes in front of me at all times, becuase it's probably real easy to get controls reversed at first when its flyin towards you.

One more question, I have the controls set for left stick=throttle and right stick = elevator/rudder. Somewhere i read that having it setup this way would confuse me if/when i move up to a plane with alierons. Should i keep it this way or move the rudder to the left side?

well thanks again for the help man!