Well, It's nice to be able to talk about something with experence for a change.
I bought a Twist as my second plane after I could take off and land my
trainer comfortably. I set up the Twist with dual rates of 1/2 and full and
expo of 80% on low rate. I'm using a Magnum 52 and 11/6 APC with 10%
Nitro. I'm fairly comfortable with the plane on low rate now and will fart
around with high rate when I'm alone in the sky. If you treat it like a trainer
it lands pretty fast, but if you learn to nose it up into the wind right it will
damn near helicopter in. I think the Twist is a great plane for a second
plane if its set up and used correctly.

Oh BTW, I do have a SIM and used it to get used to underwing flight,
faster landing, no diheadral, etc. I'm sure this didn't hurt!

Well best of luck with whatever you choose.

Bruce