A friend of mine has one of these and it really flys nice for what it is. He has a bearing .40 on it and it is a great low wing trainer. It has basically taught him to land without any major repairs. I think this is a great airplane to learn the characteristics of a low wing airplane. I was impressed with how well it flew. The worst thing about it was after several flights the red paint started coming off of the plane. But, it was not a beauty queen to start with.