Well im going to blow this out of the water,it really depends how you progress and how natural you feel flying.Some poeple progress way faster than others.It just makes good sense to go with what you feel comfortable with.

Speaking for myself,now this was 27yrs ago.
started out with a Bridi kit,RCM trainer 60.with a enya 60 in it,nice plane a powerhouse,fly like maybe 2 weeks,said i have to do something with this,order another one,built the wings flat.clipped the ends,put STOL fences on it,( something I forgot,I was allready a pilot ),another Enya 60,now that plane would dance.

IN the first month orderd a P-51 Mustang,built that,,bougt two pattern planes, a Patrica,and Virgo,both really hot pattern ships,I just caugth on really fast,but I also flew every evening,didnt crash a plane till my second year,and then I wouldnt call that one a real crash,during the winter I build a Steen Skybolt.neat plane,fiberglass fus,built up wings.But found out I though biplanes flew lame compared to my mustang or pattern ships,had a bad landing one day,got bored with the plane,my brother said lets have some fun with the biplane,he didnt like the way it flew either,your gonna luv this,we opened up the wings,stuffed tissue paper in both wings,added a little 50% nitro fuel,with those real long M-80 firecraker fuses,

I fueled the plane,got it ready to start,started it,my brother lite the fuses and away I went,took longer than you would think to burn enough of the wings off to bring it down.

But it still boils down to what you feel comfortable and confindent with.
And lots of flying time.

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