it ends up being a weight issue. When I started, I was under the impression that Bigger motor - no problem.
Problem with bigger motor is it needs a bigger battery, and a 2200mAH is heavy. The motor is heavy, and getting the balance right is a bear. The Flyer and the nutball like to fly slow - you should be able to fly them at zero forward speed in about 10mph wind. Actually, I've found MOST of the FT planes like to fly slower than you think they should.
Also, it's not an issue of "too much power" - rather (and don't take offense, we all learn this eventually) it's more of a matter of "too much power for a beginner." We "think" we need to hammer the throttle, and that leads to bad things. FWIW - my regular size nutball on an 1806 or 24g outrunner will fly just fine at 10% throttle. When you're learning, speed is not your friend - at all. Things simply happen to fast and you end up with broken props and pieces of foam.
Did you buy a kit? Or print one out? If it's a kit, go to dollar tree and buy a couple sheets of foam board and trace it out. Use the cheap stuff first and crash crash crash.
Try it out - the worst thing that's going to happen is a busted prop and mashed up foam. I've yet to bend a motor shaft, but I've recycled about $30 worth of foam by now
(but I like building and trying stuff out and have something like 15 planes now)
I'm simply going on experience and want folks to have a good one rather than (like me) a "I'm stubborn and I'm going to make this work right" LOL
But - if you want to fly more than build, drop down a motor size.