Another good addition to any newcomer's planes is an inexpensive plane locator...such as this

http://www.skykingrcproducts.com/acc...del_alarm.html

I bought a half dozen of them for about 4 bucks each from Hobby King.

It beeps after 60 seconds of no action from your rudder/aileron etc. I can't tell you how many times it helped me find my plane in a tall corn field. Rich