My first RC was a Cricket Heli. You changed blade pitch with a crescent wrench! I had just about learned how to hover it when a slight gust of wind caused a boom strike that shattered the transmission. That was the end of that one. I had a green and yellow ARF back then too, it was late 80's. Sort of looked like a stick from what I remember, it was foam and wood. I think balsa ribs with foam board covering for the wings, ply box and foam for the fuse, and similar for the tail. It was .25 2 stroke powered 4 channels. I flew it once, and since it was AM back then, got too close to a pager and lost radio and got shot down. It basically flew in a straight line right into some trees. I eventually recovered it, it was a complete loss, but was able to salvage the radio, which I still have, and the engine, which I traded off. It may have been a 3 channel plane because I only have 3 servos.