Hi Minn.

You hit the nail right on the head with that one. I bought the Midwest Aerobat and it is truly a great second plane, even though I do have a Tiger 60 and a Four Star 40. Both low wingers are great flyers, the Tiger is more forgiving and gentle, but the Aerobat is like an aerobatic trainer, which it is.

On Saturday, I was out when I should not have been. There was a pretty stiff cross wind and I mean stiff and I do mean cross... just about perpendicular to the runway. I took off anyway, and got into trouble when it came to landing it. I was headed into the wind to try a cross-runway landing, the runway is about 150 feet wide, so all was ok until at about 5 feet high the wind just stopped for a moment and the Aerobat dropped out of the air. It sheared the main landing gear bolts (nylon) and broke the prop. That's all, I was very lucky, fixed it at the field and cleaned it up and went home.

My point here is that it is a great handling and easy flying plane. It requires a little prop adjustment to slow it down a bit because it is much faster than the good old NexSTAR but will handle the slower speed pretty good.

IMO, Great choice for a second.