I voted for the vapor. I have flown many 2 channel planes with lots of success and many 3 channel planes with lots of crashes. I have the Cessna and the Vapor. I can fly the Vapor much easier than the Cessna and I am learning quicker because it is a slow flyer and I have less crashes.
wproct is right about the sim. It helps alot. but I can still fly the planes in the sim alot better because I am not that good at setting up planes yet.