With your small area(does it have trees or other blockage?) it will limit you. Reason being, all learning if you don't practice 3 crashes high will result in a high cost. Flex is tops in design, costly, and you should start off with a cheap foamy. I hope Bricks joins in and guides you to latest equipment.
I used a FFF foamy to learn basics and then moved up to a U-Can-Do then a 50 cc carbon fiber plane. Take the time to set up the plane, that is 1/2 of the battle.
Proudest was to dip my tail in the pond while hovering. Only thing I wanted to do that didn't(to d** messy), was to add smoke system to plane. Good way to critique your movements.
If you decide on a foamy, you might try this one. Very cheap and should work in your tight space. He is a designer and he is very much aware of problems as discussed. It does hover as per video. Plans are there.
Here's a quick little afternoon build I did to procrastinate on a larger project. It's built from a single sheet of DTFB, runs on Power Pack A, and is designed for Aerobatic/3D Flight. It uses a KFm-2 aerofoil. It's got a thrust-to-weight of 1.85, a wing loading of 6.1 oz/sq. ft, and a cube...
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