My two cents worth. Leave them in the store. My reason for saying this is that when one thing goes wrong, you have lost your full investment. The radios are not transportable to your next plane and even it it was, it is only a 2 channel. It addition it will teach you nothing about flying.

If you are interested in learning to fly, check with your local RC Club. The guys there will be more than happy to help you and some may even have some old equipemnt that they would sell you for not very much. Pick up an old Futaba Atack 4ch radio and look at GWS for really cheap receivers and servos. Throw in a nice little electric and you wil be hooked for life. When you are ready to step up, the TX is still usefull as is the batteries, receiver, and servos. With a 72mhz TX like that, you upgrade receivers and larger servos and go to nitro powered plane. These 72mhz TX's usually have a buddy box plug so the club can put an instructor with you and really teach you to fly. He'll be able to save your plane when you get into trouble. Those cheap radios don't have that ability, so if you make a mistake, you entire investment is shot. No safety net. Without a safety net, I would be collecting stamps or something else equaly booring because I couldn't fly worth a darn when I started.

Don