My first flight was a pass the TXback and forth and was almost a loss of airframe. Ithen went to ebay and bought a second TXfor 5.00 with 3.00 shipping went on tower and bought a cord for 12 I figure that 20.00 saved my plane at least half my training flights and came on handy after that. I bought a new radio and did the same to keep a buddy box setup. I like having a buddy box on maidens of my planes. I work spotters lol Anyway I figure it will be a good investment as after a whileI want to instruct others. I can see a point in going with a big trainer and well you do not like nitroup to you. I caution you that you will have a hard time in helpng others in a few years if you skip nitro. I myself have started learning 4 stroker glow and will progress to gas in a year or so. Ilove the fact that now I can tune and run my nitro engines on my own and feel good about the skills I acquired and have already started passing to others. I help others learn to properly start the engines tune them and set up he airframe. It helps the club instructors as they can fly and then fly the new guys. It is a great feeling seeing guys you helped solo and then start taking even newer guys under the wing. An important thing to remember is this is a hobby enjoy it. don't short cut yourself out of things you might like.