Regardless of the little argument here, that is primarily based on cost effectiveness which the original poster clearly stated he undestood and did not ask for that difference to be compared, he made the right choice simply because he stated that he would be flying in a "large football feild". The Nexstar is to big and fast to fly in a football feild. I do not like foam planes (my opinion only). However they do have their place and football feilds are one of them. Unfortunately there are not a lot of experience pilots out at football feilds to help you... This will be your biggest issue holding you back from a smooth start in R/C flying.