ORIGINAL: Rodney
Properly set up: slightly nose heavy and limited throws, the Stick makes an excellent trainer. Will land as slow as any trainer and is very stable. An added plus, as you gain experience, up the throw rates and you have an excellent more advanced flyer.
I agree with Rodney, if I can learn on my Ugly Stick then you don't need to waste money on a trainer to "start over".
I am going to totally disagree with these points. Allot of that depends on the experience of the person in question. "Easy to Fly" is a very relative term. What may be easy to fly for you may not be for the original poster of this thread.
The person that started this thread had some problems early on and allot of us have seen where his inital instructors left him lacking in basic skills which is not the posters fault. This judgement is not being made to try to insult or degrade anyone but is fact based on video and previous postings.
So based on what I/we know of his skills I think a trainer, a club and an instructor are the way to go. This will give him his best chance of enjoying this to the fullest.
Now there is no problem buying a Stik or any other good second plane ahead of time as long as discipline is maintained on not flying it until the instructor thinks he is ready.