Just thought i had to reply to this debate, i am one of the beginner's who is currently collecting the spitfire mags with parts on a weekly basis.

I have no flying experience what so ever, and it was this advert that really caught my imagination. I did do my homework though and after surfing the net for R/C stuff i soon realized that i had two hopes of flying that spitfire as a newbie.

Ive currently invested in a trainer 40 ARTF and am at present building up my stuff i need to get it airbourne.

It remains to be seen how good a quality the spitfire will be when built but i am enjoying it as a project and yes it may be dear but i cant afford to go out and get a kit like that with all the trimmings so I'm doing it the littlewoods catalog way, paying off a bit at a time.

Hopefully by the time its built i would have clocked up enough hrs at the club i intend to join, so that i can handle it with some degree of competency. I can see your lots points of views regarding this but i think that not all newbies are totally lacking in common sense and that if you do your homework as a newbie then you would very quickly realize the spitfire is not for the likes of newbies but would make a good 2nd or 3rd plane.

But hey um a newbie so what the hell would i know, thanks for listening and yes i guess i do get on my soapbox quite a bit.

Westy