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mikexnxike01,
The answer to those questions are NO and NO. Neither of those planes are a 2nd plane in just about any circumstance. Maybe a 3rd plane if you have a great touch and lots of time on your second plane. Both of these planes are designed to be aerobatic performance planes, meaning they are very nimble in the air. These planes have no self-correcting tendencies like a trainer does. They go exactly where you point them at. In addition Cap's have a bad habit of dropping a wing if you get them too slow, meaning you have to land them with some airspeed or you'll drop a wing and wind up cartwheeling down the runway. In fact, both planes will need to be landed a bit faster than you land your trainer. Definitely not a second plane.

Here are a few choices that make for great second planes. They have been proven time and time again by many modelers to be great choices for second planes. Any of them will do you well in your progression to the planes that you mentioned. A
Sig 4-star 60 - [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCHY3&P=0]Sig 4-star 60[/link]
Goldberg Tiger 60 - [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXH756&P=0]the Tiger 60 [/link]
BTE Venture 60 - [link=http://www.btemodels.com/venture.html]Venture 60 [/link]
Great Planes Easy Sport 40 - [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDTM8&P=ML]Great Planes Easy Sport [/link]
Great Planes Super Sportster - [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAVR1&P=ML]Great Planes Super Sportster [/link]
Hanger 9 Pulse XT[link=http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=HAN4100]Pulse XT[/link]
More information is available here: [link]http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/second_plane.htm[/link]

Hope this helps

Ken