I learned to fly on a used 3 channel futaba radio and a used balsa USA swizzle stick. It didn't have ailerons, just, just rudder and elevator and throttle to rev up the old K&B 40 engine. The fuse was painted school bus yellow and the wing and feathers were red. It was ugly but it flew, and really flew pretty well. That was 1984 and have been hooked since.