I can see your point. I have had a few Avistars and they are alot of fun to have around and are good for knocking the rust off the thumbs. The thing with trainers is that they are usually a little heavy to really slow down well. A light funfly airplane is pretty easy to fly and with the low wing loading and a big low pitch prop landing speed is s-l-o-w. An avistar handles well but i would feel a LOT happier with a funstar etc. getting onto a 25ft wide patch. I think the H9 Arrow is similar to the Hobbico Avistar. On one of my avistars was modified by removing the dihedral,lightened and converted to a taildragger. It was Much more fun to fly. Look for a plane with a low weight (4-5lbs.), low wing loading, and a thick semi-symmetrical wing. Clancy Aviation??