No, I have never flown a REAL RC plane yet, nor have I built one yet.
I've only flown the RC Simulation planes.
However, I have tweaked with the mixers and stuff... can do some pretty cool MODs to the existing planes. =D

I know what materials I need, I just want to get a good stable design on paper FIRST, before I spend the money and waste my foam.

Again, I'll post pics of my plane design sketches (paper) when I get it done.