Im new to the whole RC thing. And I have to say, Bil2 has soem good points. The salesmen really pushed the more expensive plane... a Great Planes PT-40 (kit, glow). Sure, it only costs 130$!!! but then I ended up spending another 5-600$ on other stuff (radio and engine being the bulk of it) If i had gone the cheap way (the way they werent pushing) then I could've been flying a 3-ch electric plane for about 90$, i think it was. sure, the PT-40 is 4ch but the 3-ch is a helluva lot cheaper to fix and maintain and its no big loss if i destroy it! probably easier to fly too! I would like to state that i unfortunately found RCU after i bought the plane, so now i realize the woes of my ways (heheh). It's sad to say, but RC is definitely one of these things where you really should not go on the advice of the person who sells the stuff.

Hatty brings up a good point, too. I feel very intimidated when i go into the LHS. I didnt actually buy the plane at this LHS, but I pretty much bought everything else there. The guy knows me by now, but I still feel very... stupid whenever i go in there. Like i know absolutely nothing about RC and he's just lookin down his long old wrinkled nose at some punk tryin to do what only adults find entertainment in. I'll go in there to buy something i know i can get cheap but useful, and i'll come out with the same thing only more expensive and "professional" with a famous name on it or whatever, and i know i could have got the same for cheaper. Know what i mean? the guy's hard to deal with!! and it's really unfortunate that the next closest hobby shop is about 40 mins away, not including rush hour traffic. (and i'm not exaggerating)

I've turned this post into something to let my rage out on... heheheh. The good thing is that now i know what i'm doing, atleast, more than I did before. So im planning on getting a small cheap electric next, from a larger hobbyshop that i can deal with different people instead of one snobby old man, hopefully a ducted fan multi cus those things are neat. and this time, i'm setting a limit on the $$ i spend!!!