Agreed with ArcticCatRider. It is so easy to want to do the hobby cheap but a beginner needs a good airplane to make up for his poor skills. The Super Cub is as good as it gets in the sub-$200 category, but as stated above it doesn't handle wind well. An experienced pilot can fly it in wind under 15 mph probably, but a beginner will lose it in that. The difference between it and a .40 size 4 ch trainer or sport plane is night and day.

So how many windless days do you guys have around Chicago each year?