RE: Basic Training? err sorta
it all about what suits your fancy. there are dozen of ways to go once you've mastered the basics.
So you've mastered the basics, have you tried a real plane then, tried aerobats, taildraggers, warbirds, there are endless chanlenges, I consider myself a damn good pilot but I still have allot to learn and can alway do better.
try building.
nothing adds stress more than that first kit you spents weeks, months on and then maiden it, not to mention all you learn.
aerobatics, your never good enough, the 3-d thing there is the pattern thing. you get a set of assighned manuvers and perform it percicely despite the condidtions.
thermal gliders and slope souring < i thought it would be boring to until i tried it. After being able to thermal for an hour with out power and I was hooked. Come on planes a 100 foor rubber band what could be better. Or fly all day standing on a hill all without power. One of my slope sourers rivals my 427 ships or raw speed, or course we have one of the best slopes in the country with winds arounf 50 being the norm.
My big draw is speed. it was why I got hooked on flying in the first place, nothing is faster than planes. have you tryed pylon planes. you don't have to compete to enjoy them. Just get a good pylon plane like the gp viper, stap in a heathly 46 and see what fast is, heck they clip along pretty good on a 25. then pull it off and strap on a Jett or nelson engine and really see what fast is. Before I knew it I was shaving engine heads playing with props fuels and mufflers to get every inch of umff out of an engine, of course I detonated a few engines in the process but it's part of the fun.
Also join a club. I got bored with the hobby too until I joined a club.