Beeker,

I recently changed my opinion about what new flyers should puchase. After I had been flying about a year and seen that I was hooked, I wished that I had bought better stuff when I first started, radio, flight box etc. I told everyone it was a mistake buying cheap (inexpensive) stuff because I was going to have to upgrade when I moved up to .60 size aerobatic models.

Now I'm beginning to think I was wrong. Now that I moved up to giant scale planes I've had to upgrade everything again. You see its a cyclical process according to how far you take it. Beleive me you dont know how far you're going to take at this point.

What is my point??

Get by with at least as you can until you find out which way your're going to take the hobby. Beg, borrow or steal (thats just an expression) whatever you can at first. Then, in a year or so, start buying high quality stuff that meets you specific needs (giant scale, pylon racing, gasoline engines, jets, etc) then you'll have that stuff many years down the road