RE: Novice seeking advice
As far as I know, there are no bipes out there that you'd want to LEARNTOFLYwith. You've got a bit of experience, that's good. Learn to fly with something fairly docile (and the Sticks are all perfectly capable), THEN go get something fancy like a GPReactor. Pattern types are, IMHO, a year or so in the future - at least.