Or you could allways try that other way where you Join the AMA, find your local RC Flying club & get hooked up with an instructor that can buddy box you with a real Trainer. As in a four channel Trainer. While I'm sure your intent is well placed, reccomending a self-righting 3 channel Trainer type plane & going out & finding the biggest open field they can & have at it by themselves is not the best advice I've seen in these forums. Besides the safety issues of going it alone, & the fact that starting with a 3 channel just makes it harder for a new pilot to transition to a four channel Trainer. These type of reccomendations have the potenetial to make it harder on the whole flying Rc community. You haven't mentioned the fact that this big open field you're telling them to go find might just be within radio range of an exsisting Rc Club & he could be shooting down other people's airplanes with every nudge of the sticks as you put it. There are plenty people & organizations out there that would like to see Rc Aircraft outlawed all together. Sending a total newb out on his own to do his thing just gives these people more ammo & reason for their crusade to see us all go away. Not to mention if you should nudge the sticks in the wrong way (and you will) you might just cause injury to either yourself, another person or personal property. Without AMA coverage & observing their safety guidelines you will be effectively screwed in that situation.

A more responsible & effective reccomendation to a First Time Pilot, would be as mentioned above. Find a club & an Instructor, Join the AMA (it protects us all) & finally get a Traditional 4 Channell Trainer & learn how to fly the right way. JMO