The GLIDER is a good beginner's tool. The fact that it has to be taken UP to altitude is the hard part. Look closely at the picture. There is the SPIRIT 100 ARF and it is on a CRADLE on top of a carrier plane. GP offers a CRADLE for $18.00. If you can find someone with a suitable high wing plane this cradle will fit almost any model. The combo in the picture is used almost every week and it takes the GLIDERS high up, almost out of sight. This gives the beginning pilot a lot of time to practice for speed, orientation, etc. My students are able to guide the gliders for the very first time and get more or less 10 to 15 minutes' worth of flight. This method is about the best, in my experience. I have tried HiStarts, but this method goes highest than any of them.