I learned on and am still flying a Golberg Eagle II. It flys in a very stable and predictable fashion and does not float on landings for ever and ever as I have seen the LT-40 do. This model has surviced a few "off runway" landings and come away undamaged. It is a great confidence builder.

Although I only finsihed the last bit if construction of this kit myself, the instruction booklet is very extensive with lots of pictures and clear instructions. I don't think that it would be hard to build at all. I have also seen an ARF version of this plane and it seemed to be very well built and was finished attractivley.