You may also like the T-Hawk by Toytronics. You can see it at
www.readytoflyfun.com This is the plane that I got most of my experience from. I bought an Aerobird Challenger first , but the T-Hawk seeemed to take abuse a lot better and I also liked the conventional rudder and elevator on the T-Hawk. It seems to give you much more control authority and is more precise than the v-tail setup of the Challenger. It also comes with 2 batteries, 2 wings, 2 tails basically everything you need for repairs of your first half dozen crashes... er... Flights!