Listen to the advice. You won't believe what you are going to learn when you get involved with flying hands on. Go to various airfields - not neccessary flight schools - on Saturday mornings. Lots of pilots will happily take you for a flip. Nice to have company when flying.C205 wrote:you'll be in a better position to choose the right machine for your liking and purpose once you have some flying time. Armed with a bit of knowledge you'll be able to decide better where to spend your eager money.
It is not only trikes and 3-axis. Even in the 3-axis fields Thunderbirds, Bantams Cubbies, Rans, Streak shadows, Challenger ....
You will definately be surprised about what is actually flying out there. You can actually just visit Rudix's hangar. 
True about money saving when training on your own plane, but make an informed decision when buying - and that is not what others tell you. Everyone has his own opinion, but that does not neccessary reflect your needs. Spend money on intro flights if you have to - that will be money saved when you buy the better plane for your needs the first time.
P.S. My 2c - Mac CDL is a very limited plane - slow is an understatement. There is one at Rhino - his hour and a half flying on a Saturday morning usually involves one circuit.
(I am one of those 
). Good luck and enjoy it.
