I gave him a shampoo suggestion earlier. I can see this thread is going to die an early death. I think there is enough info here for the original poster to come to his own conclusions at this point.

Let me recap...

1) Some people like SPADs better than balsa.
2) Some people like balsa better than SPADs.
3) Some people don't care one way or the other.
4) Everything has advantages and disadvantages.
5) Some people look really ridiculous when they try to insult people but can't spell two-syllable words.
6) Having an instructor and a good trainer is important.
7) What the plane is made out of isn't important (as long as it is a good trainer).