I am in the same boat or plane. I have never flown RC before though I will have access to help/instructor friends.

I was reading another thread that is full of great advice.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...165#post575157

The wingo looks like it has a lot of merrit. Her is a great link that also has several videos, review and the like.

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/hlwingo.htm

My friend has a firebirdXL and a fighterbird. He and his son fly these together. He added a combat module to the FirebirdXL and can now fly combat wtih the fighterbird.

He likes them however he is now looking for a three channel plane. The local gliderclub that also runs electrics doesn't consider the "bird" series as real planes. More like great toys until you decide you want to fly.

I like the low cost and ready to fly nature of the "birds" but think I may want to start out on a three channel easy to fly with a pusher prop and landing gear. This wingo looks like a good choice, but costs about twice as much as a FirebirdXL.

So this is the blind leading the blind, but thought I would share the link. :