RE: Would this setup be a good start for a beginning pilot???
"And i have aced the g3 simulator
i feel that my flying abilities are about intermediate"
So you aced the simulator, huh? And you feel your flying skills are intermediate? Well, I'm going to tell you what you don't want to hear.
Your flight skills are NOVICE. And that simulator is a far cry from real flying. You're not ready to fly an intermediate, aerobatic plane, no matter how many acres you have to crash on. You buy that plane and you'll plant it quickly.
Get a BASIC trainer and learn on that. TRY to transfer what you've learned on the sim to real flying. You may find it's harder than you believe.
Dr.1