Janet:

I'll echo Dennis' comment on the WattAge Cub, the on-board equipment wont be good for much else. Also, you may have noticed "A/C Charger." This means you can fly the plane at your local field, butwhen the battery goes flat you'll have to go home to recharge it. So you will need to add a DC charger to the cost of the plane and radio set. I don't know, you can ask Hobby People, but I have the feeling the range on the WA tx/rx set in the Cub is probably not more than 400' or so. Another big limit for later use.

If you get a good DC charger it will not be limited to this one plane, of course, and given reasonable care the WA Cub should last a long time. While you're having a good time with it you can be building another more complex airplane to move up to.

Hobby People are also the agents for Cirrus, and the Cirrus MRX-4 reciever is a four channel unit, about the size of a half dollar, best part is the price - $20 less crystal. Limited range, about 1000' but more than sufficient for a small electric - you wont want to fly it a quarter mile away, you wont see it.

And finally, just for something to play with yu can go to Walmart and get a two or three channel RTF fir $70-$80 - yes, they have others a lot cheaper, but you want at least rudder/elevator or elevator/aileron control, and you want them proportional. The cheaper ones are either not proportional, or they are single channel.

HTH/

Bill.