I have been looking at the R/C stuff for some time and i want to get into it. I want to cover the helicopter, sailplane, and airplane ends of the sport. I understand the expense and practice needed and i plan on getting a sim long before my first real flight. (looking at AFP or reflex) Do you guys suggest going with the bundled controller or buying a seperate one for beginning? And if a seperate one then should i get some simple controller at first then move up or get the hitec eclipse 7 or futuba 7c/9c as the controller to start and continue on with. Electric would be the desired start since i have a field 5 min from my house as opposed to a half hour drive for gas.