If you are thinking about buying a remote control airplane. Then you need to know that there are different types of planes first there are remote control gliders and there are remote control airplane.Then you need to know if you want a airplane that lands on water or not then you need to chose the level there are 3 channel,4 channel and 6 channel air- planes the grader the channel the harder it is to fly.when I started flying I began with a 4 channel airplane called: sport cub it was made out of foam and easy to fly.