Another type of plane you might look at is a fun-fly. Morris offers several ARFs of their more popular models for around $150 or you can build the kit. With the CG well forward they are quite docile and can & should be flown at slow speeds....good trainers especially to practice landings as they land at a crawl. Move the CG back once you have experience and it becomes a hoot to fly.....no boredom here....the perfect ticket for a heli hot-dogger.