Can honestly say that I haven't seen a Freedom plane yet but my son won an LT25 in a club meeting. The plane is really nice!! It makes a good tail dragger trainer. and is easy to fly in winds that would ground an LT40. That was my trainer so I know from experience. After barely being able to fly the LT40 when the wind whipped up, we landed and then tried the LT25. Handled the wind easily with good penetration and we were able to continue having fun. I even learned to knife edge using this plane! We sold the LT40 after that and kept the LT25! I did make a few changes during the build. I glued the 2 wing halves together with only 1 1/2" dihedral total so thats 3/4" on each side. I also modified the wing to bolt on type. It is bolted on by two 10-32 nylon bolts in the front, and 2 in the back. The plane will still self correct if you let go of the sticks, but it is easier to do aerobatics and it handles the wind much better.