Chuck-

I agree with you, which is why I said a Rascal could probably be used as a trainer. I am not a Rascal expert, as I have only seen one in flight, so take this with a grain of salt. They are probably somewhere between a standard trainer and a Cub in difficulty to fly. They have a longer tail moment than a Cub, so I wouldn't think they would have the same tendency to ground loop. From what I have seen, they are really floaters and should be able to fly fairly slowly.

I find the notion that a lot of dihedral makes a trainer "self-correcting" to be a bit of a myth.

-Scott