HITEC SKY SKOOTER PRO!!!
UNDER $165.00 COMPLETE W/RADIO, CHARGER,BATTERY,PLANE,ECT.
JUST ABOUT INDESTRUCTABLE, AND you CAN fly it in a small area, 4 acres is enough.
If you want to fly glow, do it later, and try to find an instructor, or at least someone who has flown a glow model a bit. You can always stay small, and use a .049-.15 glow engine.
I taught myself to fly with a Cox powered glider, and it lived to have 118 flights. It finally met it's end when the fuselage gave it up in a hard loop!!- it was soaked with fuel by then, and crumbled at the point where I held it to hand launch. DON'T GO WITH THE COX ENGINE THOUGH!!! GET A NORVEL .049 OR .061.

Jetts