Yes, Sam is correct. Start in Basic and see how you do. You may be in for a surprize!! I too have seen guys start in too high of a class, get frustrated and quit just because they started too high. Lots of so-called good flyers fall apart when they have to in a rather confined area and do a particlular maneuvor in a prescribed manner. It's not as easy as it looks - especially with all those eyes watching and judging you.

Perhaps more inportant than the unknowns in Sportsman, is that you have to have a plane/engine combo that is capable of verticle flight without struggling.

Bobby