I've been an instructor for 6 years now, and in that time I've had exactly two trainees that used my plane to learn on. And I won't do that again. It turns out that they don't learn to prep and clean up the plane as well as if it's their plane. All of my students now have to have their own plane. No exceptions, plain and simple


The only exception I make is when I bring out my trainer to give "demo" flights. I use it for people thinking about getting into the hobby. If they like it, then I have them buy their own plane, motor, and radio. If they don't like it, I've saved them a few hundred bucks.

That's my .02 cents worth.