don't get the la. Don't be scared of crashing and burning. if you get electric, you will have to almost relearn for gas. an electric would be fine then. Gws makes some good park flyers. i would get the tigermoth or the pico stick to start out with. when you get good you can step up to something more advanced. Here is a website that stocks and sells gws products. www.balsapr.com if you want to look through the full catalog, you can browse this website and see. they do not sell i don't think. www.gws.com.tw