For the new trainer that I like just go to Balsa USA web site, it's a pop up here on RCU all the time. Yellow and black job. It isn't just a flight trainer, it is a building trainer and uses most every type of construction all in one plane.
carrelh posted this one for the OP and he choose to go with it. I think it had more to do with size and cost then anything else. http://www.alienaircraft.com/k101.htm looks like a nice easy build and is a good choice for someone not wanting to go with a foamy ARF.
I have no one wanting to learn to build and no students in the foreseeable future but I would like to give that new BUSA kit a try. I'm really sick of building the 4*60 and all the trainers look and build alike. Ken told me he was doing a review on the BUSA plane so I have been waiting to see what he thinks of it, both building and flying..
As I posted and left this thread of course the BUSA pop up came on. http://baulsausa.com and it's called the student Trainer.