I started with an Eagle 11 back in the early 90's the plane was fine but the teachers were terrible, the entire time I was in the way of their fun time ,,I did manage to solo but crashed a few times too...it was not the pleasant experience most people speak of, the last straw was my step daughter slamming the wing in the car door,,threw everything in the basement and left the hobby for about 10 years got back into it with 1/2a and have been happy ever since,,btw the teachers ran the LHS... long since out of business...Rog