i'd go with a high wing trainer first, i have a dura-plane trainer 40, it's a good plane to learn on.
as the name say's dura-plane they're right i'ev crash it inverted, hard landing,had the elevator reversed on the radio,caused me to nose dive it after take off.go with a trainer plane and go to a local r/c field they will be more than glad to help, thats how i done it.
keepem hovering