RE: Beginner?
The Stryker is not a beginner's plane. As a first plane, it is too fast, giving you little time to react. Your heli experience will help, but flying a plane is different from flying a heli.
There are probably people who can successfully fly a Stryker as their first plane. You may be one of them. But my advice is to take the more conventional route by starting with a slower, more forgiving, trainer type plane.
- Jeff