ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
Anyway, here's some more food for thought. If you can read directions and have even a modest ability to put things together, give serious consideration to buying an ARF instead of an RTF. While it's nice to be able to have the plane ready to fly in an hour, what have you learned? Assembling an ARF will teach you how to install many of the components including the radio and engine, and you will learn how to properly align the wing and tail surfaces. These lessons will be very helpful on your second and subsequent planes.
I think Id prefer to get the RTF. As far as intalling radio and engine stuff, I already know that, if its basically like doing that to a Truck. I think Trucks would be harder almost as far as the engine, because they require proper mesh between gears.