I just read everything everyone has posted, alot of usefull information. I Havent updated my profile in quite some time, but i have about 8 years of RC car/truck experience, I am used to nitro/2stroke engines, I figured they were diffrent to tune than planes... not sure why.. Logically same concept. I have decided on the way to go after talking to LHS and such, I found someone to come to my house and help me on the computer so I will be starting with the Realflight simulator. As it was explained to me, crash, push little red button, no money no time. ready to practice some more. So I will be buying 3 of these for me, my brother in law, and my dad. My favorite planes are the warbirds and bi-planes so I will practice untill I feel, and my instructor feel I am ready to invest in a glow starter, perhaps a second starter depending how much I learn from realflight. Again thank you all for so much information I will let you know how it goes along the way, perhaps spring time I will be ready to buy a real(well rc) plane.

-James