The Freedom is a decent starter plane - its where I started almost 2 years ago. I'll be the first to admit that everyone my flight capabilities may have been "less than optimal". However I would not recommend the freedom as a starter plane. If you take a look, it's actually a mid/low wing plane and can be challenging for new flyers to launch. Do some searching here on RCU and you can find several good reviews of the plane.

Cautions aside - it is nice to be able to pick up replacement parts fairly inexpensively ($10 - $20 for wings / tail feathers).

cheers!