The Hanger 9 Alpha and the Hobico Superstar are my picks for best all around handling trainers out there.

The Sig LT-40 is probibly the easiest to fly trainer.

The PT-40 is an excelent trainer, but I haven't flown one in years. Before the Alpha and Superstar came out, it would probibly have been my first choice.

Given your full scale experience, if you spend some time on an RC simulator, and work with an instructor for a few flights, and have naturally decent hand-eye coordination, you might even be able to actually skip a basic trainer. (I've had a couple of students who were in that category, but only a couple).

Something like the Avistar or Arrow are slightly more acrobatic than the other trainers I mentioned, which might or might not be a good thing.

If you have the extra cash, look at a .60 size trainer, they fly a bit better all around.

Don't sweat the landing gear. The gear that comes with the trainers I've mentioned (and most others) is generally good enough for the job. You want gear that bends and flexes rather than tearing out the bottom of the fuse, after all. The stresses from a botched landing have to go somewhere, and it's generally better for it to go in bending the music wire than in to the fuse structure.