RE: Good Beginner Kit
The first plane I built from a kit was a Goldberg Tiger 2. This is a great flying and landing airplane and has tricycle landing gear, which I think is nice early on. This plane was very easy to build. It was only the second airplane that I had flown and found it easy to fly, but I still have fun with it a few years later.
I would highly recommend this plane. I would also highly reccomend any of the the four star planes. I don't see much difference in the .40, .60, or 1.20 except a little more cost the larger you go.
That is my 2 cents.
Winghead