If you have Internet access go to tower hobbies.com and you can purchase a trainer that is ready to fly (rtf) for under $300. At that price they will ship it to you free of shipping charges and taxes. Join the club and they will teach you to fly with a buddy cord which will keep you from wrecking the plane. That way you learn how without all the heart aches we old timer's went through. And I might add learn the safe way to start and fly the engines you want