I flew a little as a kid but when I decided to get back into it I wound up building a Sig Kavalier. Of course being my first major build it was overweight, jerry rigged in places, and underpowered with a Magnum .40 on it.

All of that somehow combined to make a perfectly stable, smooth flying aircraft. Matter of fact I had some simulator time as well as a little foamy parkflyer time. I solo'd and aced my very first landing with it and every single one after. I think it has seen 1 light hop on touchdown.

When I was a kid my father flew a Sig Kobra and it was an amazing aircraft, fast, and could do just about anything but 3D. I think Sig engineers have their stuff down pat it's the only way to explain how a novice builder can set up a plane horribly and it still fly great. If you doubt how horrible it was it rattled constantly in flight. The wheels rattled, don't even ask about the aileron control setup either lol.