The Funtana series are good planes. They fly fairly easy and do great stunts. The new Eratix is a great plane also although elec. It flys very well and does anything you ask of it. Lands great also. The Sticks are also great for fairly new guys. This comming from a fairly new guy also. I think my Eratix flys better than anything I have at the moment and have a few. Just elec. and more than likely if you stay with this stuff you will end up with both elec. and glow or gas. The cost for the Eratix is around 500 for all of it. Batt. ESC, reciver, motor, bout the same as a glow plane. And it is not done justice in any pics I have seen it is a beautiful neon type colors.