Ditto Mike's PTS recommendation. I was thinking PTS for you about half way thru your post, only to find Mike had allready put it up when I got to the bottom of the page. You sound to me like the exact type of beginner flyer that they had in mind when H-9 designed this thing. It is a beautiful little Warbird too once you have mastered it in it's Trainer mode & remove all the training aids, you are left with a nice little P-51 Mustang. Kind of like getting two planes for the price of one if ya look at in the right way. This is NOT a go do it on your own plane though. If you decide you like it & buy one, you definitely need to find a good Instructor to get ya dialed in on her & soloed. Good luck to you.