RE: Looking for a plane
Since you already have Heli experience, and since a heli, when moving, controls are pretty close to the way a plane flies, I would not even waste my time with a trainer, and go to a stick type plane. I would suggest you build a kit sometime, because it will help you repair damages when they happen. When you build from the ground up, anthing but a total loss is repairable. But since money is not an issue, and you dont think you will ever build, get an ARF. The reason I think a stick will be better is that you are already tackled problems experienced with newbies, such as reversing stick movements when the object is coming at you. Although that trainer is good, and it will get you into basic and interm. aerobatics, you will get bored with it quicker than an ARF like an UltraStick. Plus the sticks fly better than the trainers, IMO. You have to level the wings yourself in flight, unlike a trainer with dihedreal, and the landings are a little faster. But all in all, with your experience you wont outgrow a stick for quite a while. Good luck with your choice, what ever you decide.
Byrdman