Jimmy,

I also agree with Ken on this one [sm=thumbup.gif]. I have flown the Nexstar with and without the stall devices. With them on it's hard to get the plane to do anything other than level flight. It even wants to fight you in a turn. If you have the thing that senses atitude (forget what they call it) then it will really fight you.

I would get a little more familiar with the plane, then disconnect the tool for attitude, fly it a little more, remove the stall fences under the wing, fly it a little more, remove the wing extensions, and then it will not fight you as much. Be careful as you remove each piece, the plane will take some decent trim changes on the very next flight.

Once you get up to the point of removing the final piece, then start thinking about your second plane. As you mentioned, the 4*60 or any of the 4* series makes a great second plane. There are others just as good and other people will probably chime in here with their suggestions.

The Nexstar is a fine plane and looks pretty good also. It will take a fair amount of beating. I saw a student of mine working with another instructor one day because I was late getting to the field, he was doing his first takeoff, he pulled it off the ground too early and went straight up, the plane stalled, dropped a wing and went full power right into the ground and cartwheeled, it dug about an inch hole about 6 inches long. When we walked out I expected it to have all kinds of problems. The only things wrong with it were the nose wheel was bent, the prop was broke and the left wing tip had some covering damage, and the former where the front of the wing goes was broken away from the fuselage on the left side about 2 inches down from the top.

He took it home, re-glued it and was flying the next day as if nothing ever happened. That night I went over to the LHS and bought one for my youngest daughter. I was thoroughly impressed. [X(]