Check out the Xtra Easy 2 ... Hangar-9 just dropped the price and its well worth it. i learned to fly without a trainer by taking small steps... i learned on a 3 channel electric flyer then stepped up to the XE2 .... havent crashed once because it flys absolutely great. Now i'm just learning aerobatics to complete the training that i would normally get from an instructor..... dont get me wrong, i'm sure an instructor is the way to go, i'm just saying that the XE2 is so easy to fly that i was able to learn on it without the aid of an instructor.