I know what you mean Will but it's a fine way for someone like CL and his daughter or anyone else just starting out to get their feet wet with builiding to a set of rules. And while the model may be simple it's a great canvas for the detailing and color scheme work that can help them along for the step up to "fat" scale.

Green River, your PT suddenly got me thinking about a semi scale stunter with a full fuselage base on the PT. With the sacle simple non-compound curves of the real one it would be a cinch to come up with an Al Rabe like "almost scale" stunt model. Man that would be an eye turner. Too bad I just don't have the intrest in stunt competition these days. Would make a great sport flyer too I suppose.

Ah well, another potential model to add to the list.....

CLFLyer, if you make that model with a Ringmaster style wing it could not only be your daughter's scale model but if you pick the right design it may also serve as her stunt trainer for the basics like wingovers, loops, 8's and inverted. As long as there's enough wing area the ability to stunt or be super stable is more related to the balance point and control throws than the actual design. Set it up super stable for now and trim it for stunting as she gets comfy with it.