hi have you thought about building a spad?,theyre cheap and fly great and also practicaly unbreakable have a look on the spad forums and look for some plans on how to build one theres loads to choose from!!also spadtothebone.com has free plans and great advice .flying one of these things will take all the fear away as you cant break these things they bounce!!!.at least thats what they say!!,im currently building a dps for a 46 engine but you can build em any size for any engine from say a 15 up!!.not bad for £10 but i know its cheaper over there for you guys so just think for the same price as a normal balsa kit you could build ten spads or more!!!.