I flew one of these for the first time with a new student this weekend. This was my first experience with Pilot Assist. There was a pretty good cross-wind and from the beginning I felt I was fighting for control for the airplane. Then my student said two times that he didn't have the airplane when I had the button down on the buddy box and he was doing figure 8's. After the second time he said that I landed the airplane and disconnected it. It was set on the least sensitive setting, but it really made me feel like I just didn't have the airplane. Had plenty of sunlight so this had nothing to do with it. I read one of the post saying that it helped steady the plane in a cross-wind. What I experienced was quite the opposite. I felt it was fighting me on take off from the beginning. Maybe I was fight it, but we sure weren't working together.

All in all I really like the trainer. it looks really good and seems to fly very well. I can see where a person without a buddy box, or instructor might benefit from Pilot Assist, air brakes and spoilers, but being totally honest about it, I can see where all this stuff needs to go pretty quickly, or it actually becomes a hindrance in the learning process to the student. Just my opinion after my first experience with this new trainer.