Yes it's a 6 foot span glider. Tower sells it and the pod shouldn't be hard to find. Another good choice is the Olymic 650 glider, I put mine through H*LL as an eager trainee. Learning with a glider is not a step back in any way, there will always be time to learn how to handle a 4 channel model. In the meantime a 2 channel glider gets you going and some guys love the thermal challenge. I get bored easily, so I look at them [mainly] as easy to build and repair learning tools. One advantage with a glider is that they have enough wing to support a fair amount of weight before performance gets "unfriendly", so a glider that is being built to fly over a rough pasture could have a layer of glass cloth added for durability.