Well I agree to start with a bigger plane ...
if you want to start with a scale sport plane ...
May I recommend a Decathlon ... like supertigre ARF as a 46 size with a 65 inch wing ... trainer like characteristics due to the high wing ... but capable of almost all aerobatics with a biger motor ...
or if you would like bigger and you like building ... THE CITABRIA PRO!
I thought it was a trainer ... but I totally love mine! a *****cat capable of the full range of anything you will want to do ... and yet easy to land ...
better still ... you may be the only one at the feild with one ... that in its self is worth it ...
I hate going to the feild and 8 guys are there and 7 of them all have the same plane?
why not be different ... and empress yourself and others as well ... it will make you real comfortable in landing for the first few times till you get the fever for sky borers ...
plus the bigger planes handle the wind better than smaller planes.
just my 2 cents worth ... check out some pictures of my planes ...
http://communities.msn.com/DDawgPoun...oto&PhotoID=79
and here too ...
http://communities.msn.com/DDawgPoun...nw?albumlist=2
I have a small collection ...