I'm sure every one has there own opinion but this is what worked for me. I did have the advantage of having a Father and Brother that fly to ask for advise, but I taught myself with a Zagi. It is a hand launch and takes off very easy. It is just about impossible to hurt it. Mine has survived dive bomb like crashes straight into the ground. I pick it up and put the battery back in, maybe a little tape on the nose and throw it for another round. I flew 3 to 5 times a week crashing just about every flight for a couple months until I got the hang of it. If I was flying a crunchy as the Zagi guys call them I would have been discouraged very early on. I crashed the Zagi and kept flying. I did not have to spend hours and hours rebuilding after every crash.