Fredthegreat,
If this is your first plane I'd recommend either getting a traditional trainer or plan on spending a lot of time on the buddy box. I have the P-51 PTS and I had about 40 flights on indoor electrics and then a 20 solo flights Nextar 46 trainer before I let the club instructor pilot put the P-51 in the air and hand over the controls to me. I had about 5 good flights on th p-51 but then I got cocky, had a really spectacular crash and the P-51 is being rebuilt. The crash was so spectacular that it was cheaper to buy the ARF and salvage the engine, electronics, gear, and tail control surfaces. The p-51 is a neat plane and I'm sure the F-22 the same. What I recommend is if you are new to this hobby and want to get flying solo fast get a high wing trainer to start, like the Nextar 46, and save the p-51 or raptor for plane #2. Of course all this advice is free, and since I've been flying rc for about 2 years I'm far from an expert.

Of course if you break down expert into its two component part you get Ex - a has been, and Spurt- a drip under pressure.

So with all this free advice has anyone helped?

Ben