A very cheap but capable setup would be the DW foamies, 38" plane of your choice for $39. If you get everything else from hobby city you could have a bind n fly plane for less than $150. I got my brushless outrunner motor for $10 that would be good for that 38"plane. I got 2 1000 Ma 3S battery packs for $5.95 each. I also got 5 10x3.8 props for .99 each. The brushless ECS I got was $15.38. And the Spektrum 6 channel parkflyer reciever I got from them was only $43, regular $49.99. Shipping was about $12. I got my extensions from towerhobbies, but that was about $20. Thats a grand total of $156. For a bind n fly 3D capable plane. If you have never bought stuff from Hobby City you should check it out, you will be amazed at the prices escpecially for Lipo batteries, brushless motors, and ECS's. If you compare to the rimfire and electrifly brand, you pay 3 times more for name brand. And 99% of the time those name brands are manufactured in China, only difference between the two is a fancy sticker. I did forget to mention the 4 servos I got from Hobby city for 2.99 each, compare that to an equivalent Futaba with close to same specs at $13.99 each.