Once you will watch it YOU WILL BE HOOKED! Myself, as an intermediate pilot (Well i don't know, i can proficiently fly my Great Planes easy sport, and i got a flight down in my instructors p51, on low rates). This is the kind of stuff that me as a beginner will dream of, but i would like to fly some kind of bird like this, i cant have one because the space is horrible here in Manhattan. On the other hand, i would like to purchase a plane, smaller, that would be good for some 3D and just plain ol' screwen around. I was thinking either:

GOldBErg WIldstick: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXJTV0&P=0

GP UCANDO3D 40: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDUL8&P=0

EXTRA 300 PHOENIX MODELS: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGPL7&P=0

Pheonix GIles 202: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXEDN9&P=0

Of course i would start out low rates then work my self up higher. THe plane need to be relatively cheep, so if in any case of a mishap, i need to be able to get another one without hurting the bank.