Wonderful Jon and please allow me to welcome you back and morn a bit for your Senorita with the twenty five. What a fantastic trainer when properly powered. Most tended to mount far to big of engines and ruined the airplane

Jon I suspect you and your friend were working without a mentor and as so often happens that way the fellows don,t really acheve the dream. The very first thing you need to do is find your local club and a mentor. I will find the club locator link at the AMA after I finsh this post. Don,t have it loaded right now. Joh this will be the most important decision you can make and that is networking both with the local club and a mentor/instructor.

Now for the Avastar and can you use it for your training: Oh heck yes as long as you are working with a mentor and buddy cord you will do fine. By the way do ask if any of the mentor/instructors use the cordless buddy cord systems as this does have some advantages for you.

Much is made of the Avastar's somewhat different airfoil and the airplane is slightly faster but this is no big deal if you are working with a mentor.

Anyway good luck and look forward to hearing of your continuing adventures.

John