Did I mention that none of my student pilots lost a trainer until "he" lied to me and said that he had charged the batteries when he hadn't? Nope, I didn't think so.

Look at RCM's plans service. Look at the RCM Trainer and the RCM Trainer Jr. They are every bit as hot as the Ultra Stick (pick a size). Why? Because they are essentially the same thing. A box fuselage with a fully symmetrical airfoil and flat horizontal stab. They can be made to fly every bit as gentle as a flat bottomed airfoiled trainer, but they will still retain their ability to fly in much higher winds AND land with the nose high without stalling - something a flat bottomed winged trainer will never do.

I'll say it again - the ARF movement is what brought the flat bottom winged trainer back into popularity - not proven training practice.

When the ARFs started coming out of Asia, it was much cheaper and quicker to build those wings on a flat table. The cost savings was passed along to the importer who sells them to you. Needless to say, the importer cares about their profits, not whether you learn to fly better or not.

Y'all have been sold a bill of goods. R/C progressed past flat bottom winged trainers in the very early seventies. Today's ARFs are a step backwards. Anyone from my era knows that what I am saying is true.