Honestly, this is my first year flying. I have been told that I am now one of the best pilots in the area. I am not trying to brag. But I got that way destroying many airplanes and flying very low on the ground. I wanted to get as good as I could as fast as I could. But it cost me about 10 airplanes total this year including 1 giant scale Laser. I have to give most of my credit to the G2 Sim. I have thousands of crashes with hundreds of hours logged on the sim. I take the same risks on the field as I do the simulator. I did my first tail touch only 45 days after ever putting a RC remote control in my hands. I also now have a 40% Edge, but am going to save that one for next season.
Fly hard. Crash hard.
Here are just some of the planes that I have just bought this year. My Goldberg Decathlon with YS 91AC was my second plane. My Dave Patrick Ulty 120 was my 3rd. This is about 1/2 of the planes I have or have had. I have bought about 25 since March.
http://www.flybuder.com/gallery/dion
Take more chances and you will learn faster.