I honestly wonder why more beginers don't buy this plane as a trainer, and once they out grow the trainer just do the sport conversion!! I too am a proud owner.... with some modificatioonis...I've got a 61FX on the front of mine (rather than a .46), I made new horizontal and vertical stabs so I could get larger control surfaces, and I've drilled it in so many times it's ridiculous...... From lnading it upside down (was seeing how low I could go inverted.... on the third pass of dragging the vertical tab across the pavement she decided to stay down.....new prop and it was back in the air), I've flat spun it straigt into the middle of the runway......(engine quit and it wouldn't stop spining....no damage at all) among many other crashes that would send any other plane to the trash can. My fuselage is bent and tweaked but It still flys nicely.... It is an absolute kick to fly...... and deffinatly has a zero pucker factor..... which is nice! I'd reccomend one of these to anyone starting out over ANY other trainer!!