That is a shame that the tiger 60 was destroyed. It is a much nicer plane than the one you are building now.

Giant planes fly nicer than the smaller ones of course, but like aussiesteve said, giant scale is very, very, unforgiving when it comes to building mistakes and/or mechanical and electrcal failures.
Even though you may quickly gain the skills to fly one of these giant planes, I would encourage you to take your time and learn the ropes of building with the smaller stuff first. A giant scale crash is very costly as compared to a .40 or .60 size hole in the ground.

Years ago, I taught flying to a guy who wanted to advance quickly to giant scale, and he did, but he crashed up his fair share of planes getting there. He had the $$ and he never gave up though. He flys 40% planes in IMAC now. He's a much better pilot than I.

Mike