My old instructor had a saying,[with a big enough engine he could fly a 2X4]so if it looks kind of like an airplane it will probably fly great.At the club the instructor will help you get air borne,most new people spend to much time what ifing the new plane when they could be flying and thinking about the second model.Some of my combat planes look more like an experiment test bed for glue and tape than a plane but they still fly pretty good.