G'day

You did not tell us a great deal about your self. Are you 20 or under or over 50? The type of model you can fly as a beginner will vary depending on your age, the help you can get, your experience at building things in general etc etc etc.

The plane you were looking at on eBay would have many downsides and not many upsides as a first model. It would be too fast, too unstable and highly likely to last only a few seconds in the hands of a new pilot.

Trainers need to have some stability and the older you are the more stability you need. For this reason, most trainers have high mounted wings so that the centre of gravity is under the wing and also they have some dihedral (angle between the wings). The more dihedral, the more stability but like all things there are trade offs. More stability means less aerobatic ability.

So can you tell us a but about yourself? That way we can better advise the sorts of things you need.

And, do you have local hobby shops from whom you can buy things and get fuel and advice?

Cheers - hope this helps and does not turn you off too much. I have been playing with model planes and engines for about 50 years now and it just keeps getting better all the time.

Mike in Australia