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I have got to say, you are correct on learning how to fly without instruction, no guarantee there. I had help with my little friend G4.

As for finding cars and trucks boring after flying. So Sir. Not at all. Racing 1/10 scale nitro sedans is, and always will have major thrill-age, more so than flying in my opinion. It's that competitive juice that gets the adrenaline pumping and that burning desire to be number one. I know there are pylon races you guys do, but that doesn't take from car and truck racing one bit.

If you have never seen a professional 1/10 scale nitro sedan race, I know for a fact you would be surprised in the greatest way. Those guys have more hand eye coordination than any group of people I have seen except for maybe R/C helicopter acrobatic pilots, and AMA & Formula One drivers.

Yea, Nitro-
You can pick up a Slow Stick for like $35, and a GWS RX flight pack(GWS2090) and a TX to match. Let me see if I can post links...

http://www.hobbytron.net/Naro-Flight...-FD-Stick.html <----flight pack
http://www.hobbytron.net/SLOW-STICK-ARF-PARK-FLYER.html <---slow stick
Don't forget your transmitter.. make sure it's the same shift as the receiver you buy (JR/Airtronics & Futaba/HiTech) or actually buy the receiver that fits the transmitter your wanting to get. I chose the Hitec Eclipse 7 with the Spectra module. Yes, it cost more than your entry level radio, but I'm glad I went that direction, because now I can get just about any plane, and not worry if my radio has the functionality to fly it. For example, I bought a Watt Age Hyper Wing as my second plane, and without my current radio with it's Elevon Mixing abilities, I would have had to buy a new radio if I chose earlier to buy a cheap four channel radio. And just so you know, you can pick up a Hitec Eclipse 7 for not much more than what a good 3 channel ground radio costs! It's a steal, and the Spectra mod is a $100 if bought separately. This allows you to change shift or channels within seconds, and with no additional crystals to buy. It really is a no-brainer for entry level guys like you and me who know they have some what of a future in R/C planes.

Oh, and don't forget to buy a battery charger for your flight pack. Like the radio, if you think your gonna stick with planes, get a good charger if you don't already have one. It seems that LiPos and other exotic battery packs are the wave of the future. See if that's something your might want to dive in, in the near future, and look for chargers that are compatible with LiPos. For reference, I bought a schulze isl 6-330d. Since I decided to run a LiPo on my SlowStick right off the bat, I thought it would be smart to get a nice charger, and if I decided later that R/C planes were not my thing, I would sell it on ebay, and probably not lose too much. Of course, that's not gonna happen.. I love my Schulze almost more than I love my planes.

Anyway, let us know what you decide to do! If you have any further questions ask away.

-Drew