I'm with the guys who have experience, who all seem to disagree with the OP. Like most newbies, the OP's suggestions are based on what's cheapest and easiest, not what works the best. The Champ is fine if you want a toy to fly on very calm days, but not much else. All those other ultra micro planes are harder to fly than their bigger counterparts. If you add up what a guy will spend on all those planes recommended, he could have had a larger trainer and then a bigger electric or small glow sport plane to really build the skills. Once the OP has some experience in the hobby (more than 4 months anyway) he'll agree on the beaten path too. Either that or he'll have moved on to something else because his way is too expensive and too hard.