As alluded to in previous posts, my reply is somewhat biased as I have experience on only one trainer....the Nexstar. I can say this for the Nexstar...I was able to solo with little instruction and never flew on a buddy box so in that respect I would call the Nexstar an excellent trainer. I unhooked all the tools used to help the rookie pilot such as the AFS system, wing flaps etc. The plane flys much better w/o them.

The down side of the Nexstar is that after about 2 months of flying it with probably 30-40 flights on it, I'm starting to get a little bored with it. I can do most all basic aerobatic maneuvers. Next weekend as suggested by someone here on RCU I'm going to try the old flying a figure 8 inverted about 10 feet off the deck, and if successful I'm going to be moving on to a 4* 60.

Joe