Looking for help here...

I am trying to select a nice beginner plane. I've read many of the recomendations posted throughout this section and am a bit concerned that if I go with a full blown trainer that I'll get bored with it quite quickly and end up wasting money I really may not have had to. The Nextstar recieved high marks for trainers but it appears those who purchased it (and the $ they spent) were looking for more almost after the first few solos. I know the plane can be souped up a bit by eliminating the speed brakes and wing fixtures but is it worth it? Maybe but I don't know.

Some other posts discuss starting with a high-wing semi-symetrical trainer. The Megatech Nitro Capital offers a top semi wing that is adjustable from 6 degrees dihedral to straight after skills improve in ARF for $139. Another mentioned was the Hobbico Avstar 40 in ARF for $100 but I don't know if its dihedral can be adjusted later. Of particular interest was the Goldberg Falcon III at a nice price point for a kit around $80 and I saw it mentioned as a beginner trainer eventhough it has a semi-symentrical wing. I'll don't mind spending the time to build from kit as it will crash at some point and I'll be better educated to fix it.

Planes are cheap. Radios, engines, and accessories are expensive. I don't want to buy a package trainer and find out later that the radio & engine can't migrate upward with me.

Anyway... Thoughts on a Trainer that can be easily flown offer some more fun later on would be appreciated. I'll be flying over open fields with 2 ft of dense weeds so maybe a crash wouldn't be catastrophic.

Thanks