I bought a Sport Cub S for training on my own. I started off in Safe mode and programmed a switch on the TX to use all three flight modes available. Only drawback is you need a pretty calm day (it does better with a 250 mah 1s than the 150 more typical 1S). . I hand launch it no issue in Safe mode. For my training at the club I bought a Timber Turbo EVO and flew it with an Instructor last Thursday. Great plane. My next plane will most likely be a UMX Turbo Timber. I also bought Real Flight 9.5 or you can download Real Flight 9.5S. I use the WS2000 dongle to use my TX. I came from U-control as well although that was 50 years ago Lol. I highly recommend joining a local club if you can. Good luck.