I'd go buy a nice 3 channel park flier, learn the fly the crap out of that thing, then when you can learn no more with that, then try your trainer ... at least with the park flying if you crash, minimal damage will insue ..... that cannot be said with the glow trainer, if you crash that thing like you would park flyer, only pieces will remain........ thats how i learned by myself ... went from a Toytronics T-Hawk to an Extra easy 2 glow trainer and have never had a problem ... the first flight with the trainer was scary, but i handled it well because I was already used to the type of controls. Something else to think about ..........