Flying model planes

“I got my PP-ASEL in college, and decided that if I knew how to fly a real plane... "why couldn't I fly my RC plane?". One warm summer evening, after charging the radios, I took the plane out to the family farm, got it running, and took off. For the life of me, I could not manage to keep the plane straight and level. It was particularly unstable in pitch... I do not know if the radios were bad, if there was radio interference, if the plane was warped from sitting for so long, or most likely - if I was just a bad RC pilot. Regardless the cause, about 45 seconds into the flight, the plane ended up crashing fairly violently (about 1/4 mile away) into the shoulder deep corn field. I walked rows of corn that evening, and most of the next day, but never found the plane.”

“I just ordered my first rc plane, something I've wanted to do for like 10 years. I let arrogance get the best of me for a couple hours; I was thinking that It shouldn't be too hard because I have a pretty good understanding of the physics behind airplanes. Then, I downloaded a simulator, just on my phone, out of curiosity.. I'm sure it's not very realistic, but it raised a massive issue. I can't orient my brain with the plane, so if it's facing a certain direction, then I roll the wrong way.”