I am a new to the hobby myself but my brother and i went with different planes. he went with a hanga9 extra easy 2 which was up in the air right out of the box in like 30 minutes not counting charge time
i have a nexstar and without the autopilot and the flaps screwed on the plane is awesome. its faster than my brothers and handles fine for me, his floated alot nicer its impossible to crash unless you steer it the wrong way.
but he got into the extra easy 2 for like 250.00 and it cost me a hundred more but i was anxious.
good luck!