I learned to fly with a Kadet Senior built from a kit back in the late '80's. I powered it with a ST.29 (still have the engine). It flew beautifully on 3 channels, and with any sort of headwind you could slow it to a crawl/hover on landing. That gave me time to think about what I was doing and was a real confidence builder. I was off the buddy box after 6 flights. I say go for it!