Taught my brother how to fly on a durastik....There are better flying trainers, BUT It took quite a beating....He doesn't know or care to repair airplanes.....so any repairs after crashes were mainly done by me with him looking on. This plane took a beating with almost ZERO maintence or repair. Usually we just had to replace a needle valve assembly on the FP 40 when he would bury the engine in the ground. It was the perfect plane for him. He now flies an durabat and loves it.....to each his own I guess
Brian