I agree in joining a club, in our club you will fly on club trainer for a while and then there will be guys who can fix you up with equipment so much cheaper than you can buy new, I sold a new guy a trainer rtf with xmitter for 100 bucks it was a eagle II he flew the covering off, I enjoyed seeing the plane being used, I had one trainer that went thru 4 people before it was retired, its called promoting the hobby.........