My all-time favourite trainer is the Arising Star ARF by Seagull Models. Beautiful build quality and flies like a dream for a beginner like me (I still consider myself a beginner after 4 years). I love the way it lands....it doesn't float forever and ever and ever, but it doesn't drop like a brick either. You can do some lovely soft landings and if you convert it to a tail dragger and put some big wheels on it, it handles a rough landing strip very well. Loops and rolls are great fun, it handles the wind very well. Its the only trainer I've flown where I've been able to land smack in the middle of the runway every time (I have a VERY narrow and short runway)