I have not flown the Mustang but a friend of mine who has never flown was given a Styro Corsair. I flew it for him, it had a brushless motor and a Li-poly battery, I believe the ones that are suggested with the plane. When he showed it to me, I assumed it was a cheap RTF electric and was expecting it to be underpowered. Boy was I wrong! I gave it full power, had a friend throw it, and it started climbing right away at a good 45 degree angle. It needed very little trim, flew where I pointed it, and was fast. It was really fun to fly. Pretty soon my other friend who flew and I were doing low speed passes and aerobatics and having a blast with it. It landed nicely too. But it was most certainly NOT a beginners plane. When the owner saw it flying, he was sure there was no way he could have flown it. I even let him try but he had a lot of trouble. I would not attempt to learn to fly on this plane.