Check this one out:

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Inexpensive, ample flying time, easy to repair, sold by various vendors, easily upgradeable ( click on his other videos where he shows the plane hopped up with a new motor and ailerons ), large....

And if you total it, it will not bother you as much as other planes.

While you are flying that, start working on putting together your own setup for your second plane.