Edit: I wouldn't recommend the Slow Stick you mentioned above. I've flown one and they're extremely fragile because they're built so light. Definately not a trainer plane to take some abuse. They're okay for a 2nd plane when you truely do want a slow flying sunday flier. Cheap I'll give that to you, but you'll spend so much in replacement parts it wont be funny. Just buy the Super Cub! Better yet, go build a Super Cub from parts and buy a cheap used 3+ channel radio for it! You'll be in the air for $100 easily and have the stuff that's usable and upgradeable down the road, especially if the radio is 4 channels or more!
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are you crazy?????
the slowstick is a great great beginner plane. it looks bad but its one tough bird i have smashed mine into trees, fences, light poles, the ground (in all sorts of angles, vertically ect)
and it rarly requires repairs, when it does white elmers glue and a new prop will solve the problem. i was mad at my self one day (really really mad) and punched my slowstick ,after i crashed it, putting a huge hole and crack across the entire wing, guess what fixed it.....white elemers glue and a new prop.

the great thing about the ss is that you can fly it so slow which will give you more time to react and little repair work when you do crash.
the only problem is wind, until you get used to it, the plane can be thrown all over the place (as with any small electric)



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Really? Wow, okay my bad on this comment about not recommending it then. The one I flew the guy had an ok landing but wasnt exactly perfect. I wouldn't even consider it a bad landing at all. But the gear and wheels are so crappy that the wheels both busted, the gear flexed, the motor smashed the pavement (pancaked), scraped the motor and bent the bell, broke the prop. While I admit it wasn't perfect, it was a much better landing than what a beginner would do! I just thought the durability was crap, but that's just from what I saw. I flew it before this happened and it was fine, though it definately didn't like a lot of throttle. For slow flight it was fine. I'd still highly recommend the Super Cub. You can cartwheel them 5 times down the runway, pick it up and keep flying. Not to mention they fly amazing with wimpy brushed power or overpowered brushless lipo power. Just my opinion and experience tho. To each his own.