Vhayne, I am a stryker owner, both stock and brushless. My suggestion for you is what you have been told so far and I would recommend starting with the areobird challenger. It's a 3 channel and will take abuse(to a point). This way you can belly land on the grass(Stryker has no landing gear). Get used to this plane the move to the Stryker. The roll rates on the stryker are a whole new world from the high wing though. Hope this helps and definitly practice with the sim.