If those guys at the field leave you not knowing what to do, ask here. When your questions yields a string of answers, you'll find a few thatabout the same and that should give you a direction to go. When you just starting out my advise is to always go ARF. Its not personal from building a plane from a kit--and then crash it. They make combo kits with a plane, engine and radio. To me, thats the cheaper way to go to see if you like this stuff.