well said! i would only add that there are many new "fun scale" warbirds that are coming into the market that may not necessarily be a bad second plane provided that you, as laker mentioned, really spend time learning to fly your trainer. i had a lazy tiger and it flew slow and stable enough for a beginner. i have let my newbie friends have a go on it with the buddy box. i hear the new hanger 9 p-51 is also a decend second plane. but note, these planes aren't scale and have a lot of the characteristics fastsky described as trainers, eg big, flat wings, large dihedral. difference is in the low wing configuration and the tail dragger landing gear which is a touch harder to get use to.