sound like what you are looking for a a sport plane. a cub a really like a lazy flyer and if you can get your plane in the air and get it down in one pice your on the right track. as far as the radio goes as long as your radio and recever go they both need the same crystall or channel. you can get a 4 ch jr radio off ebay for around 10 dollars and a cheap 4 or even a 6 ch receiver for about the same price. the crystalls are like $ 30. for both here is a nice foam plane you can buy i thinkin about this myself. do a search for jr radio i ebay i found like 5 radio all starting a $0.99

this is a really a big step up but sounds like you can grow into it
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