zxknight, Welcome back to planes, I think everyone here's gonna suggest a qualified instructor and a Trainer style plane. I tried to circumvent the process, didn't work. Been there, crashed that![X(] I'm back on a Trainer with a buddy cord till I'm ready to solo. Save yourself alot of $$ and frustation. Get a Trainer, find your local club, and they'll be happy to get you on the right track. I noticed the P-51 you put up was electric, if your stuck on the P-51, but not neccesarily bound to go electric, H-9 has a relatively new model out called the P-51 PTS = Progessive Training System. It's a little more money than what you were looking at, but alot more plane too IMHO. I don't have any personal experience with one but I've seen them & they look nice. The concept is as you learn to fly you can start taking off some of the training aids on the plane leaving you with a nice little .46 size warbird when your ready to fly it @ it's full capabilities. They go for $399.99, RTF with a JR radio I believe. Like I said it's new & I'm not endorsing it as I have no real knowledge of how well it works as a Trainer, but if I hadn't allready just got the ol Tower Trainer, then saw the H9 P-51, I probably would have given it a try. Good luck in your new venture, and stick around these guys are RC Gurus in here. You'll get the info you need here.


Mark T.