my first gas plane was a aw extra with a da 50. i went from a sig senior kadett to the extra after 3 months of flying along with some good instruction. u will find small differences with all the planes. once u go giant scale u wont look back.your other option is to go with a 85cc.chief still has qq101inch yaks for 600.00.buy a used da 85 send it back to da for a ck up,so u know every thing is ok.