I started with the Super Cub RTF 159.00 in about a month of flying almost daily I learned alot. How a Hot Glue gun works. How long it takes to recharge a battery. How much wind you can fly in with it. Over 12mph is very challanging but alot of fun also. It also just had evevator and rudder control on one stick and the rudder is opposite stick from a glow. That was what cause me to crash my first glow on landing I tried turning on the ground with what was the rudder control of the Cub but was aliron on the glow and it did not turn. Also the Cub was slow about 49mph. A glow is much faster and you have to get used to the throttle responce. The other controls are about the same but the throttel down is alot slower and takes a sec or three for the engine to come back down to idle. Also you get bored with the trainer foamy pretty quick espessially when your watching all the glow planes. But they are messy and require cleaning. You have to have fuel, extra glow plugs, glow ignitor, Starter, glow wrench, (5/16) fuel pump (for putting fuel in plane) They also have a battery that has to be charged (not as often) but has to have a battery (runs the electronics servos) And there are some awsume elec. planes now. The Mini Funtana, The eratix, The Typhoon in my opinion is a great starter plane it will do anything a glow plane will do. Also with the glow plane the radios are a must. And if you don't want to loose one because of interference then Spectrum is the way to go. But then the recievers are about 100.00 each. If I were just starting the again I would start with the Typhoon. Get a good radio and it has plenty of power to hover or anything else you want to do with it. Also hot glue and foam compatable glue are about all you need to fix one of them after you crash. The glow planes we call splinter planes cause if you crash you pick up all the splinters and start over lol. Most guys have both I fly my elec. before my glow just to get in rythum of flying before putting the glow's in the air.