Yeah, the Senior Kadet is probably one of the lightest Wing Loadings: 12 oz./sq. ft, of any .40 size trainer on the market. That is how it can fly slow. I never had a crash with mine, maybe a poor landing, but never crashed it. It will slow down, but what I think may be the real problem with it is, on a windy day, it's just too hairy to try to fly it. Many times I had to execute good judgement and just not fly because of high winds. I crashed my Avistar way too many times for me to remember. Wind loading is much higher, flies better on those windy days, but cracks up as good as any other model I've had. I actually hit a fence post with my Avistar, the wing was a mess, but I was able to rebuild. I don't think any plane does too well when it hits something as stationary as a concrete fence post, like I did. But I also liked my Avistar and brought it back from the dead more than most would have. My g/f built a LT-40, but we really haven't had the chance to fly it that much.

Get experienced help on those first flights and to check out the plane, and the Kadet Senior is a winner. At least in my book it is.

Good flying,

Tom