ORIGINAL: agexpert
Get a 3 mil depron foamy with landing gear and set it on low rates. Then just fly it as much as possible....YOU WILL CRASH...a lot.
You will need some glue and activator for repairs, but you will find that these cheap lessons will impove your skills tremendously. Foam is better than any simulator.....period.
Don't buy a GWS or Parkzone anything. Get a good foamie and learn to fly it by actually FLYING IT.
Have Fun!!
ORIGINAL: OzMo
There is a schmilion or so free plans for fan fold foamies. One of these and good onboard set up will allow you to remake repair or just make somthing diferent. The motor and electronics will survive for a long time. Many diferent styles of plane could be played with with one set of on board stuff.
Wow! You guys have a lot of faith in the original poster to pick out a foamy or plans for a foamy, construct it, select his own power system including ESC, motor, servos, and receiver, and then get it trimmed out and flying all on his own.
So far, mrcoolpop has managed to open the box to his Nexstar Select RTF and screw together his wing halves and tail surfaces. I sure wouldn't discourage him from giving a depron scratch-build a try if he feels up to it, but a Parkzone RTF or GWS kit would give him a much better chance of success if he is brand new to model-building.