funny, I don't remember my heart pounding and my knees shaking when I was on the sim. Do it right, join a club, get an instructor and have them help you find a trainer. I have seen 3D and it is not easy to do. An ARF is not that expensive. Buy a good radio and engine and like people say, you can put that on your next airplane when you master your trainer. If you get a trainer with a semi symetrical wing and a powerful engine, they can be quite fun to fly. My skyraider has an OS 55 AX, I did have an OS 46 AX and it is quite healthy. Half throttle gets it off the ground. One of our 3D guys even got it to hover for a few seconds. plus landing is not always easy, specialy in the wind, and that nice big fat high wing provides plenty of lift for nice stable landings. my .02 anyways...