If you would rather try to teach yourself to fly on a parkflyer electric, you should look closely at the Parkzone Slo-V or the Hobbyzone Super Cub as a first airplane. The Air Hogs Aero Ace is a lot of fun, but it won't exactly prepare you for flying the Typhoon.

Finding a club where you feel comfortable and welcome shouldn't be as much of a chore as it sometimes turns out to be. About 20% of the club members are friendly and outgoing, 20% are crotchety old men, and the other 60% are somewhere in between. You might have simply run into a couple of the crotchety old men.

If you decide to join a club and fly a glow trainer, you can get just about everything you need delivered right to your front door for $259.99:

[link=http://www.thundertiger4u.com/thunder-tiger-tiger-trainer-super-combo-wfree-side-kick-p-7311.html]Tiger Trainer .40 Super Combo w/Side Kick[/link]

The above package includes a high quality glow trainer with engine and radio system pre-installed as well as nearly complete set of field accessories. Simply perform a small amount of final assembly, charge the transmitter and receiver batteries, add a gallon of glow fuel from your local hobby store, and go fly! The above package also comes with glow ignitor with charger, starter stick, fuel pump, fuel cap kit, extra fuel line, and 4-way prop/glow wrench.

Whichever way you decide to go, RC flying is a terrific hobby that is even more fun than you imagine. Good luck and good shopping.