Carevin, welcome to this amazing and absolutely addicting hobby!

I also started on the Nexstar, I used the Nexstar version Realflight that came with the RTF.. and this helped WONDERS when I went to train! The instructor couldn't say enough good things about me flying! I started at 16 and now I'm 19.. I've had about 20 planes through the 3 years (buying than selling ha) I went up to the local club and a great guy offered to train me. He helped me set it all up correctly , he took it up, trimmed, and handed over the TX, I flew a few circuits then he landed. we refueled and he took off again, gave the TX to me again and I did some low slow fly bys and he told me to land! First landing was almost a perfect landing. Started getting dark so the next day I went up to the field and SOLO'd, and never looked back!

Anyways, best thing you can do is keep practicing on the sim, and treat it as REAL LIFE, like if you crash your out 400 or 500 bucks or have to rebuild, etc.... Practice on the sim an TAKE OFF THE AFS! More trouble then it's worth and the nexstar corrects itself anyways with it's dihedral. I never used the speed brakes either, the Nexstar flies great w/o all that crap on it! The nexstar is very forgiving and is an awesome trainer... Once you get flying, I would suggest a Hobbico Avistar, still a "trainer" but man are they fun, very little dihedral and very strong flying planes, I fly it more then any of my 7 planes! It's always my go to plane whether it's my first flight, last flight, or if the winds gusting at 25 mph

Good Luck and hope you're ready to be addicted!


By the way momsmistake a little boasting there?? haha kind of too much