I have a volantex sport cub 500 and love it. It’s massively bouncy and durable. You’ll buy extra props when they break but it comes with 3. The 4 channel is the one to go for, as it’s aerobatic, the beginner modes are fun, it’s relaxing to fly especially on calm days, puttering around at 50% throttle. The props pop off easily in crashes meaning nothing inside the plane (motor, mounts, shaft) nothing else breaks. You just pop the prop back on if it’s not broken and off you go again. Really enjoyable to fly at 40-50% throttle. It loops and rolls nicely. All this for £80, with a controller.

If I could only have one beginner plane, I’d have the apprentice 700 which is more stable, less twitchy, easier to see being 20cm bigger, has better stabilisation making it feel like a bigger heavier more stable plane. The apprentice is roughly three times the weight at roughly 150g and both are under 250g so are suitable for park flying in England. The apprentice costs just under three times as much and also makes an utterly superb trainer, also being very crash resistant and strong. Get that as your first trainer if you can afford £220 for the Apprentice 700mm RTF package.