I am sure both are great. I was talking with one of the instructors out at the field a while back and was told that I could fly the "community nexstar"...they have a trainer that hasn't been flown in a while and they said they could revive it for me to learn on. I am building the LT-40 right now as my own project. It wont be done for another month or so. I am sure that these planes are so similar and that it would transition over very well. After the LT-40 is mastered I am gonna get a symmetrical winged airplane.....but until then.......