DH,

Wild Card is a good plane for the money. My first plane was a Ripmax Xtreme Lite 3D, wild card is very similar except the wild card holds a knife edge better.

A friend has a wild card, it hovers fine, torque rolls, elevators, waterfalls, etc...everything my friend can do it will do.

My advise for learning 3d....if you type in "3d flying" in google or any other search engine it will pull up loads for you. Some sites will have videos for you to watch and others will give you a write up on some manuevers. I have also just bought the Aerofly Professional simulator after flying 3D for about 6 months and it seems great for practicing 3D, the Hype will be relatively similar to the Wild Card.

Here are some links to watch some good 3D flying:
www.3dbatix.com
www.downonthedeck.com
www.mw3d.com

I'm still learning lots about 3D, but since i've started watching videos, reading up how to do manuevers (not all accurate!) and practicing on the sim my flying has improved loads