IMO, you will be better off with a standard trainer with no electronic gadgets. The trainer design was developed to self correct aerodynamically anyway, so paying extra for the Nexstar's self correcting gyro doesn't make sense. Get a good balsa trainer (LT-40, Avistar Elite, etc) and work with an instructor to get your flying skills in order. The Nexstar is a perfectly good plane though. If you get the ARF version and put a quality glow engine and radio with it, you'll do fine.