ORIGINAL: B.L.E.
It's not taildragger landing gear that makes warbirds hard to fly.
yeah...it is because they have similar charateristics as the real planes...different stall speeds should be the greatest consern i would say... it is not to say you shouldnt get a warbird...if u think ure up to it, go ahead...my second plane from a trainer was a CAP232...i went agaisnt many advice in going with it and i did ok i think...except that learning to land the thing at first was a lot different from my trainer...after flatting the landing gear completely a few times it got ok!
anyway, nowadays there are alot of 'hybrid' warbirds and the most common being the mustangs. they look like a mustang or whatever other warbird they intend for it to look like but in reality are more of a sport plane..they should be a lot easier than trying out a scaled mustang and i guess that would be a good choice..