wihile I agree with the point that there may be a little more work on takeoff that a high wing nosewheel type trainer I do think that you can land a 4* as slow or slower than most, not all trainers. Most people, at least in my expereince are afraid to land a 4* slow because there might be a problem with the plane. In every case that a 4* needs to land fast is because they are too nose heavy. Heck, any plane that is too nose heavy will need to be landed faster.

Since I'm an instructor and intro pilot, I use my 4* for intro flights. I have flown people who have done research both on here and other forums and some are told that it is not a good first plane to not a good trainer, until they fly mine. I've started at least 10 people off on the 4* and some of those 10 had a typical LT-40 trainer that for one reason or another had a problem so we used the 4* and never went back and some of these were not even doing taxi runs with the trainer. After a flight to get the feel of the 4* I would let them do low and high speed taxi's and they found it was much easier to deal with, some did not. My point is it all depends on the person.

One other thing is a high wing trainer is much harder for a student to taxi and land in a cross wind. A 4* is not so if you live in a windy area of the country the low wing may make things much easier. Just keep the throws low.

A good instructor will always try to remember what it was like to be a student. I feel that is one of the things that makes them a good instructor.