The Aircore planes are nice to learn to land. They handle a lot of abuse and still fly. I learned not to mount my receiver too tight the hard way. The Aircore trainer went in full throttle, straight down, and into a road. The servo's all popped apart, the engine bent the crankcase as well as the crankshaft, and the plane took a couple of minor dings.

That being said, Aircore planes have a bad reputation to in the club. One reason, IMHO, is that it is extremely hard to get the wings straight. I used the included ribs as templates, and built two more ribs for each wing. One for the middle and one for the outboard edge. This helped me fold the wings over and glue them without a twist. Another thing I did was to use slow CA to glue the top of the spar to the top of the wing. The contact cement that Aircore wants you to use sets where you first touch it. At that point you might not have the spar between the guides.

Another reason is the planes are heavy. Especially in my "mile high" atmosphere. You definitely want the BB .46 engine.

Finally, a high wing aircraft should have some down thrust. Aircore is in love with their power pod, which doesn't give that to you. Put a washer or two under the rear of the engine or add a small piece of plywood to make the engine point down a couple of degrees. At full throttle, the engine will tend to pull the aircraft into a climb. You then compensate with trim. Then you try to land. When you chop the throttle, the trim acts to pull the nose down, and this makes landings trickier.

In the end, you'll probably like flying something else better. You'll like this four your first landings.