I think it's safe to say that big trainers with plenty of self-righting dehedral and tri-cycle gear is the way to get started in RC, but I would like hear from the veterans out there that think flying a floater is EASY!. My hunch is that all those EDGES, CAPS, etc. have a better take-off and landing personality that our KITES w/engines. In fact I bet that if you handed your Tx to a club member that's been flying 3D rockets lately that he would probable have a hard time landing it!. My point is, rather my theory is, a low wing plane with lots of control surfaces ( like those CAPS,EDGES) are built to fly rather than take punishment and are more responsive to controls than our trainers. Some will say "Well that's the idea rookie!" I say not-so fast after all an instructor and a buddy-box are part of the ritual anyway. I'm not much of a flier... YET but I'm willing to bet that if you asked the most experianced fliers out there what would they recommend they would say..... well let's hear from some of them!. THis is not an inexpensive sport/hobby and crashing is part of every learning curve so the overall effect is " Crash 2 trainers @$300 each then purchase the next level high-wing, crash it, then move onto the 1st low-wing, crash that... "Why not cut to the chase and start with a...... SIG 4*-60???

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