i too fly r/c. Badly! Been at it 3 years now and still not properly solo. The thing I had to get used to was that when the model is on the ground, its very large. When its in the air, it becomes very small- quickly, and when its sillhouetted against the sky, it just becomes a small dark shape. You can become disorientated in the blink of an eye, and that is how I have piled my model in several times. Last time I did that, it went through the sun in the corner of the circuit. When it came out, it was upside down and headed for the earth at ridiculous speed. The result goes without saying…. Since I built it ,just over a year ago, the only original part of the airframe to still be in existence is the elevators. Then you have control reversal. i.e. when its going away from you, left is left. When its coming towards you, left becomes right. My first build was a Spitfire Mark 9, with invasion stripes, cockpit detail and all the bit. It hangs in my garage, waiting for the day when I’m competent enough to fly it.
Might be a while yet!…….
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