First, thank you all for the replys. I guess I should have given more background.

After a four year layoff from flying, I got back in by buying the Alpha trainer. I originally taught myself how to fly with a LT40 and then went on to build a Durastick 40 with a low flat semi-symmetrical wing. I at that time found another flyer in my area who helped me hone my flying skills teaching me how to land towards myself, much of the time in a crosswind on a narrow paved road with sidewalks. That really gets you landing accurately. I never crashed or hurt that plane.

Now, four years later I get back on this site and start reading again. This time I thought I would really try to pay my dues and start from the beginning. One post I read said that you shouldn't move on to a second plane until you can get your trainer to do a whole list of stuff including cascades, spins, etc. So, believing a trainer could do all this and thinking that I should be able to do this with a trainer first, I get the Alpha. Prior to reading that post, I was thinking about getting a Four* since I already had experience with the Durastick. I really didn't want another trainer since I remember the plane being more susceptible to wind and seeming to fight me controlling it unlike the durastick with the flat wing.

I'm really very patient and that's why I bought the trainer. I wanted to do this the right way; however, I wonder if I should have just started back where I last was, with a beginner aerobatic plane.

Any comments?

Thanks,

chris