Carleto - both planes are not the lightest to 3D ... they are more for sport aerobatic. Like I said go for a 'proper' 3D plane, something cheap and very nice would be the Phoenix Fun Star, then there is always the TT Spirit 3D (any good 46 2C is enough). Usually with your 40 sized 3D planes you really can run them on standard servos (Futaba 3003s, JR537s etc), if you are going to fly extreme 3D then those servos are not advised, you may tear your plastic gears up.

You do not need a SIM ... just fly her! What you need to learn is to use RUDDER, something a lot of us don't use. I learnt from flying foamies, a lot of foamies turn really nice with rudder.