Good morning CP

I really don,t have anything aginst Spads and some of them can be fun and economical. I have flown and taught one gentleman with a Debonair and I have built I think six of these little 'Combat Spads' for the fellows from simple instructions at the Spad site. Had great fun with them locally and even had some simple contests with another club for a while.

Anyway to the point while yes of course you can learn with certain Spad designs but since this is the beginers forum and the original poster is in an area of the world where traditional spad materials may be difficult to obtain and even mentors more difficult. So sorry but is my opinion he would better of starting with a more traditional airplane and one proven since he seems to want to also design his own and I also beleve that is never a good combination.

John