Michal The Seniorita in effect is just the baby sister to the Kadet Senior, arguably the most successful trainer since the introduction of proportional controls. Very light for its size it performs well with any .20 class engine. It is very close in size to more modern (read heavy) trainers and even heavier wing loadings of the so called durable airplanes. The down side is you will not feel comfortable with it intially in high winds, but then agine you probably won, t feel comfortable with any trainer in much wind initially.

I certainly can confirm that it is a very simple build and an ideal training ground for such. Sig manuals are among the best. This learning process will be of great benefit later with any airplane and actually be of great benefit to you. Its a bit depressing to think of so many pilots and good ones than cannot effect the simplest of repairs today. As far as crash survival goes, you have probably heard the old expression that "light flys better". Well their is another side of that "Light crashs better" also. This is the exact reason small park flyers tend to be so rugged, not because of great strength. With the Seniorita as well as the Kadet Senior the weak point (He, He all airplanes have one of these, Yup even the durables) is the point aft of the cabin area where the sheeting stops and will sometimes break there in hard end over end crashs. No worries, its a simple overnight fix and easier to do on this airplane than even more modern trainers. Well that is if you know how but hey you actually built it and guess what, know how.

It is designed without ailerons and yes you can learn to fly with it just fine, if you like its easy to add your own strip ailerons during the build or later.

If you get the idea that I think it is a great trainer the you are correct second only to the senior.

Best of luck

John