Everyone has their preferences, just like flying the sticks with thumbs or between two fingers. As long as we all have fun.....

I haven't built a SE yet. I was given a crashed one to repair and I repaired a lot of previous damage from other crashes in the process. It looks awful with Monokote, Ultracote, and Econocote repairs. I'll recover it later. It flies great. I later had a midair with another SE. We hit wings hard. We landed them okay and repaired them. The SE is a very nice design for many reasons. I think you could use it as a trainer with a buddy box cord.