Moodog,

The Parkzone Slo-V was my first electric I purchased shortly after a .40 sized trainer. I thought it was a great buy and well worth the money. Once I felt comfortable flying RC via my club training program, I flew my Slo-V everyday behind my house. For about $140 it is flyable right out of the box in 45 minutes building/charging time. I recommend buying the 6-Cell extra battery pack. They also sell other items when you get bored with just the airplane: ADM (drops a parachute) my kids loved it, and a combat module to battle with other Slo-Vs. My friend and I both used the Slo-V as an entry level electric. We now fly Brushless, Li-Pos along with multiple glow aircraft. I say "go for it"!

-SLFLT