Bisco is spot on. I think the AeroScout is the best trainer I have encountered in my 57 years of flying RC. Despite its small motor and propeller, it will easily take off from a grass runway, immediately roll inverted and then push up in a half outside loop to level flight. It will climb in knife edge flight. It will fly the entire Novice pattern set of maneuvers, but with the rates turned down, it is still gentle and forgiving. It glides well with a relatively low sink rate and provides long flight times. With a 3S-2200 mah battery, I get 8 minutes of spirited sport flying, 10-12 minutes of 40% throttle training, and when attempting a max duration flight with some decent thermals, I once got 26 minutes and 13 seconds of flight time and landed with 15% remaining in the battery. It handles wind and gusts exceptionally well with its AS3X receiver. I flew mine yesterday in winds that were listed as variable at 12 knots gusting to 22 knots (25 mph) according to the local airport automated weather observation system (AWOS). It taxied down wind and turned around with ease in that gusty wind that would tip over an Apprentice. I bought mine in October 2023 to train students at my club. I use the DXs transmitter that came with the plane as a buddy box for training. It now has over 400 flights and about 55 hours of flight time with multiple students, never crashed, still running the original propeller and it looks like new. Its the plane I grab to fly when the wind picks up and I don't want to risk my EDF jets and large gassers. Best $200 I've spent in years. Several of the local experienced fliers are buying them for sport flying, racing and combat just because they fly so well and are comparatively cheap. Its looks are quite deceiving (as Fred Sanford would say, the design constitutes a case of premediated ugly with intent to commit blindness), but it flies exceptionally well, especially as a trainer. Even as great as the Sig Kadet, Goldberg Falcon 56 and Eagle were as trainers, I must admit the AeroScout plus an instructor, a buddy box and some time on a flight simulator is the best way I know of to learn to fly without destroying an airplane.