Hi Wemic, I know exactly where your coming from at this stage of the game just getting started. I was standing in your shoes a few months ago and since then I have learned to fly. I listened to the guys here and took theyre advise to find a club with an instructor. I did so and the first day of training I was buddy box trained by 3 different instructors. first was a small foam cub with rudder and elevator only. second was an avistar 4 channel. By the end of the day I was flying full controls with the third instructor with an Ultra Stick 120 powered by a DLE 30 gas motor. </p>

I would seriously consider visiting a club and do some buddy box flying before buying a plane. It's always surprising to see what plane you end up with after you learn to fly. I bought a 52 inch Cessna 182 with tricycle landing gear "before" I learned to fly and now that I can fly I would never recommend that plane to someone learning to fly just for the fact of them being tipsy requiring a lot of rudder sometimes when taking off not to mention theyre horrible in grass because the props are so close to the ground.</p>

For what it's worth I've found that the larger planes with a 4 to 6 foot wing span were much easier for me to learn to fly with. I cant really explain it but the power to weight ratio just never felt right to me on the smaller park flyers as they buzzed around like a mad hornet while the larger scale planes just seemed to settle right in for me especially when there was a little wind to deal with.</p>

Heres the order I learned in.</p>

(1) Joined this forum - Free</p>

(2) Joined the AMA - $58.00</p>

(3) Found an instructor - Free</p>

(4) Buddy boxed with instructor - Free</p>

(5) Joined club of said instructor - $100</p>

(6) Fly planes and grill hamburgers every Saturday - Priceless</p>