I haven't gotten into planes yet as being in the city its hard to find a decent place to fly. my old boss tried to get me to all the time since he was hardcore into them but I stuck to the helicopters. I stick to the RTF stuff, 5 channel. total blast and cheap fun. I might have $160 into my main flyer. Although I have an itch to get into planes after seeing the foam 'wing' my boss was using this summer. electric, six channel and was basically a flying V and that thing was fast and takeoff was as easy as tossing it into the wind