Like everyone else my first and best advice is to get a good, big trainer and an instructor. The bigger it is the easier it is to see when it gets too far away.

If your dead set against that. There are other possibilities that you can pursue.

There have been people in the history of the hobby that have learned to fly RC with P-51 Mustangs or other very difficult to fly planes, just like some guys learned to fly full scale airplanes in a Beach Bonanza or a light twin instead of a Cessna 150. The thing is the odds of pulling it off are very high against actually getting it done.

This summer at my club a guy crashed his trainer about half way through getting his Solo certification and came back the following weekend with a P40 War-hawk ARF. Somebody at the LHS said it landed just like a trainer and sold it to him (very irresponsible). He was adamant that he wanted to use it and he eventually learned to fly. However, He broke that P 40 into pieces several times and finally epoxied the landing gear down, trashed the engine and had to replace it, but he did to learn to fly using that airplane.

My third plane was a SIG "Mid-Star 40" I believe it was easier to fly than my trainer (LT-40), but it may be just that I was a better pilot by the time I got it. I eventually sold it because it was too easy to fly and did not offer enough challenge.

So, all that having been said, you can use other airplanes to learn to fly. My advise is to get a plane that has dihedral built into the wing so it has inherent stability. It won't matter if it is high wing or low wing. A low wing will roll better and perhaps look better if that is what you looking for. You can get a Tiger 60 or a Sig 4* 60, an Easy fly forty or the Sig Mid-Star 40. They are all great airplanes for relatively new pilots. DO NOT GET A FUNFLY!

Just remember, You may be setting yourself up for a lot more frustration than you have to by getting too complex an airplane too early in your flying career.

As RC modelers we want you to stay in the hobby, not just come in for a month or a year and disappear because it was more trouble than it was worth or got too expensive cause you crashed your equipment.

Best of Luck in your decision and remember, get your buddy or local club to help you. You won't regret it.

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Regards. JJM