Get something slow, there are several on the market, the slow V is only one of them, also it's helpful greatly to have someone with experience to help teach you, otherwise you end up with a pile of cheap foam broken upon crashing. I'm not a big fan of these types of birds, the V tail is just too instable for the beginner, I have the firebird, it's fine as long as you are flying one direction, but tilt it too far any angle and it falls to the ground violently. Good call on the airhogs stuff, if you are really just starting out, get a simple cheap 2 channel thrust vector plane and stick with the toy's, it will be much easier to fly on your own and will teach you plenty and of course, get your blood rushing if you have never flown before.