Hello. First of all do you have an instructor? I hope so. My experience with the cheapo electrics is limited but I have had a few. I had the ParkZone J-3 Cub. I do not recomend this one for a beginner. I now have the ParkZone P-51, again I do not recomend it to a beginner. I bought my dad and uncle Megatech Freedom Flyers for Christmas and was impresses with them. It is a real 4 ch radio and it accepts the old style Futaba round port trainer cable. When I hooked my dad and uncle up to the buddy box we had no trouble I could not get them out of.