yes you can. all the recamendations are good. jr is my pref. i sould rc airplanes at a locle hs and i always told them to pick it up and see how it feels. it seem to work. i recamend that you go with 2.4 so you are on top of the game. if your just stating out the avalbilty and the cost will come around and there whont be any thing to worry about.