RE: r/c flying world breifing
Being that Colorado is one of the windy states, I would stay away from electrics. They seem to not handle wind very well, at least not the trainers.
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Choose to ignore any of the above and you are in for a lot of trouble most likely. You may be one of the lucky "naturals" but with limited funds I would not place that bet. If you are, you will just solo sooner.
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