I too have both glow and electric. I am in the military and before I flew the first time I got months of practice on Realflight G2. It is an indespensable tool for those that want to get to soloing sooner. But, nothing but experience or a good trainer to look over your shoulder will keep you from doing the stupid stuff. As I said before I flew for months on the simulator then went out to the field with my new nexstar and took it off sucessfully and landed it with no help... Not a problem. Well I had a dead stick and brought it down hard later and pulled out the landing gear on a rope on the ground. I was a little miffed and it was an easy fix but I didn't have my stuff with me. The next day I went to the field in a hurry to get back up in the air. I got everything set up started the engine taxi the plane to the runway and took off. The plane banked hard to the left and did a cartwheel. Being a nube and in a hurry I forgot to hook up the ailerons. I was able to repair it and fly again the next day but it would have been nice to have never been in that situation. It could easily have happened with electric or gas. I guess my point is take your time watch what you are doing and if at all possible have somebody to look over your shoulder for a while to keep you from doing stupid stuff.

And lastly I want to tout the Nexstar. The motor is very powerful for the size of aircraft. The electronics are all futaba and everything you can use in another plane at a later date even if the nexstar outlives it's usefulness. It has speed brakes and other features that make it fly stable even as slow as about 6 miles an hour (I had fun trying to see how slow I could fly) It is very quiet and when you get better at flying you can take the flaps and stuff off and perform more aerobatic maneuvers. The plane literally went together in about 10 minutes and the only waiting I had to do was for the battery to charge in the controller and plane. There really is nothing like the smell of nitro burning in the morning .