I have to concur with scott, the beaver will make an absolutely wonderful trainer! It has the larger GWS motor gear drive unit and has great flight tendencies. I recently got back into airplanes after a 6 year stretch of not flying. The Beaver was my choice and am I ever glad!! I have numerous flights on it and am more than pleased with it! It has good climbing ability, the in flight stability is awesome, it has really good looks, its not a TOY plane, it is slow enough for the first timer to be able to fly and recover from mistakes, yet if you want to go fast it has enough power to do it! It has a vast replacement parts array and these parts are readily available at your local hoby shop for very cheap prices! I dont know where else you can get replacement wings for a plane for 10 to 15 bucks! I am so impressed with the quality of hte GWS kits I have bought 4 of them in the last 2 monthes! Did I mention they are very cost effective as in Lots of bang for your buck!!!!!!!!! Good luck with whatever you chose! Da Phreak! =)