Re:"if I come back in a year, I'll still be newtoplanes and asking questions about the 4*." I hope you do come back and tell us what you think about flying airplanes. Once you get past the trainer, I think you may want to rethink the 4*. It flys well, and has a wide speed range but it floats forever trying to get it to land, worse than a trainer. I think a better choice would be a Goldberg Tiger 60. More aerobatic than the 4*s and they have a more positive decent rate which makes them more predictable and easier to land in windy conditions.