Originally Posted by Mlw316

So I've flown my smaller electric airplane many times. Successfully take off, fly for ten minutes and successfully land. I've gotten my tower hobbies .40 trainer back up and running reliably now and have flown it many times successfully as well. Even went through a few dead stick landings. Fun.

My question is how does one know when they are qualified enough to move onto a non-trainer airplane? Is it just a feeling or is there a sort of check list?