RE: Not for beginners?
Get a Stick, the bigger the better, and set it up as a tail dragger. The exposed engine makes tuning and monkeying around easier, and even the ARFS will feel like they are on rails compared to your trainer. Which is a very cool feeling that I specifically recall from the first flight of my 2nd plane (GP Big Stick .40).
Agreed that the H9 aileron set up is more gimmick than useful. If you want to play with flaps set up flaperons. Which I wouldn't do either, initially. Plane doesn't need them and you will have enough stuff to concentrate on.
Bob