I have an Avistar with an Evolution .46, which I use for a fun sport plane, and I feel the plane is a terrific advanced (aerobatic) trainer, and a lot of fun to hack around with in between flying my more complex models. I say advanced because the plane has a smaller dihedral than a primary trainer, and it has a semi-symmetrical airfoil, as opposed to the typical flat bottomed airfoil found in primary trainers. The result is that the plane to goes where it is pointed, and in general it will not recover to a straight and level attitude if the sticks are released, as primary trainers will. This may or may not be a handful for a 'new guy'; you may want to consider a simpler trainer, such as the Hanger 9 Alpha. I see a lot of new RCers learning to fly at the local field with these planes (Alphas) and they seem to do just fine. That's just one suggestion, as there are a zillion other good first trainers out there, too. Good luck.