F-15J,
Since you are in Japan, check with your local community to see if it is legal to fly an aircraft that is anything other than electric. If it is not, then you should look for a flying site or club, like you have done. I would recommend finding a club first and visiting it. It may be different there than here in the States (culturally), but here at our clubs, there are usually several friendly people who would be willing to guide you through your choice of plane. Here, many clubs have a trainer aircraft that they allow new members to use to get accustomed to flying. They can tell you about what radio would be best to purchase (2.4GHz, or 72/27/35/40 MHz - The frequency is country specific) If your long term goal is a turbine powered jet, then I would continue going down the fuel engine aircraft as has been stated. Look at this trainer. I think it was RC Ken that had posted the virtues of the Tower Trainer. It is inexpensive and a durable. This site is very informative as to what else you will need to complete the ARF (radio, servos, battery, engine). The ARF's also come with a good set of instructions to tell you what to plug into what. It's really not all that complicated, just looks confusing in the pictures. Take the hobby slow and enjoy it, you will progress to that jet if you give yourself time to learn the proper skills. i think most would agree that the way to sour to the hobby is to rush it and try to advance too fast. It gets very costly if you do this.
Best of luck and keep posting on the forum when you have any questions. The more you advance, the more you will help your hobby in Japan.
Regards,
Curtis


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