What do you mean when you say "mastered"? Does that mean you can take off and land? Because if thats all you can do--then you haven't mastered anything.

Can you do a rolling circle with your trainer? Inside and outside? Can you do a lamchevac with it? Can you do a positive snap? How about a negative snap?

Can you fly it around the field--INVERTED--for a whole tank? Can you do multiple aileron rolls the entire length of the runway without it looking like a banana or loosing any altitude?

If you answered "NO" to any of these questions--then you need to spend some more time on that trainer.

P-51 Mustang for your second plane? My suggestion is that it's a very bad idea.

Look, everyone want to fly the neat warbird or that really hot, go fast, plane. But if your just now getting soloed--or just recently soloed--then be sensible about it and take your time.

Take your time. Just because you step up into a Mustang or a Kaos---that doesn't mean your a good pilot.

Being a good pilot means that your in control of your plane at all times. It means that your NEVER disoriented. I means that flying has become second nature for you. You don't even have to think about it when your plane is all balled up in knots-------you just automatically do whats needed for correction and fly it out. If you have to think about it--then it's not second nature.

Do yourself a favor and fly you trainer some more. Trainers WILL fly aerobatics. They will snap and roll and do everything a hot aerobatic plane will do. Sloppy---yes, but they will do it.

Don't rush into a Mustang. Take the advice already given to you in this thread and get a Goldburg Tiger, a Sig 4*60 or a 4*40. Make them a taildragger. If your flying a trike trainer and you go for the Mustang--you might not ever get it off the ground before you crash it. Mustangs are taildraggers. You need to take little steps. Keep flying the trainer and get better with it.


$400 budget? Okay, here goes:

4*60 ARF -- $209

Tower Hobbies .75 engine -- $95

Hitec 475HB Deluxe servos--5--at $18 apiece--$90

Hitec Electron 6 Reciever--$55

Hobbico Hydrimax 1200mah 6V MH reciever battery $20

Your up to about $500---but you should be able to scrape up an extra $100 somewhere. Or maybe you've already got some servos, or a reciever.

Don't strip the servos and engine from your trainer. My rule is "Never strip a plane thats still flying." Leave it together. If it works--don't mess it up.

Option #2:
Great Planes Big Stick 40-- $125

Hitec 425BB servos--5--at $15 apiece--$75

Magnum XLS .46 engine--$68
(Option #2a---GMS .47 engine--$65)

Hitec Electron 6 RX -- $55

Hobbico Hydrimax 1200mah 6V MH RX battery -- $20

This setup is about $325. Not too shabby for $325. Good sport plane. You could easily convert it taildragger--which I would recommend. Semi-symetrical wings.

This could easily be done for under $400. You'll need servo extensions, and some other hardware and some foam for the battery and RX.

Step up slowly. Get your thumbs tuned up on a semi-symetrical plane for awhile. You will be less likely to crash your planes if you take your time and move up slowly.

You've got plenty of time. No reason to rush.