If you join a club your club instructor will probably have a prefferance of trainers. Other than that the LT 40 is one of many great trainers..Sig Kadet's are an old stand by...The Lt 40 is just a newer version that comes as an ARF or a kit ...There are a lot of ready to fly electric foamy plane out there now that can get you started too..They are cheap and you get every thing you need in one box..There is one called the Champ that seems to work well...I think the best Idea is too find a club and an instructor and let your instructor guide you...The club might even have a club trainer for getting students started....Not all clubs do but some do...Make sure you keep your fingers out of the prop...Have fun..Be prepared to become addicted to a hobby that is more fun than you can imagine...You will never stop learning...There are so many directions that you can go from sport to scale,flying off the water,giant, profile,pattern 3 D 4D ETC ETC Have fun good luck and have fun