What are your goals in the hobby? Is is just to get instant gratification to fly and then forget it, or do you want to stick with it? If it is something you want to stick with, get a good radio and good plane and engine. I always suggest Futaba, but there are other good radios out there. Go to the field you will be flying at and see what is popular and make sure to get something you can use as a buddy box. Think down the road as to what you want to do and get a radio that will let you grow. As far as the plane goes, if you want to build, get something like an eagle 63 and build it. Its a great plane as are others. If you just want to fly, get a high wing trainer type ARF and fly that. There are a lot of good ones. I like OS engines. They run great right out of the box and last a long time. I just took an OS .46 FX out and put it on the plane and started it and flew it with no break in. Ran great and will keep running great. All my os engines have for over 25 years. If you think you are going to stick with it, get good stuff, if you are going to drop it down the road as many do, get stuff you can re-sell so you don't have to eat the whole investment. Either way, get good stuff and you will be much happier and hopefully stick with it. Its a great hobby.