I went staright to a stick, spad stick. then i built a taildragger spad. Im a spad junkie!! easy and cheap to build. I flew 20 years ago and have had only about a month and a half on a trainer recently. boy the stick was alot faster but not any more difficult to fly. neither was the taildrager . I solo-maidened them the same day. if I was to go balsa, I would go with the 4 star or equal