I must caution used airplanes and beginers are a bad combo. A beginner and a trainer or a beginner with an experienced friend would be good. As for Cubs. They can fly very nice but have some quirks if you will. They can be a problem on the ground and have some flight aspects that can be problematic to a beginner. with that though they can be good planes when set up properly. I preach to students all the time that most problems and most learning on models is in the pits. A good set-up flys great and a bad setup wont fly long if at all. In flying as with life discretion is the better part of valor. Or as I have seen take off is optional but landing is mandatory.