RE: First plane
I'm going to throw out a new suggestion and recommend the Great Planes Rapture .40 kit. It's a great low-wing sport plane and your O.S. Max .46 FX would be a perfect match to power it. Once you can fly the Cub successfully, you should be able to fly the Rapture as well. It would be a terrific airplane to learn beginning and intermediate aerobatics with, as well.