Really helpful responses guys - thanks!

What I want is a tough plane that can be flown in a small area that's slow yet can do mild aerobatics. I'm not ready to start investing a lot of money into this hobby yet. The purpose is to have a shared activity with my son. He loves airplanes and flying with the "Young Eagles" program but is afraid of crashing our Skyfly. I want him - and me for that matter - to get our skill levels up so we can fly comfortably. Once we can fly with confidence, then we'll take the next step. He really wants to dogfight! So a pair of nimble, tough and cheap little planes we can chase each other around at an empty baseball diamond is the current target. Unfortunately toysRus ran out of aero aces temporarily so we have to continue on with the Skyfly.

Thanks for the info on "PCC" bigtim. I've seen the field while driving by. My son wants to go there and watch people fly. He's never seen a big RC plane fly. Is there a particular day/time when a lot of pilots are there - like Saturday mornings?

That little slo-v sure looks good!

thanks again guys,
Tim