ORIGINAL: NMS169
Well, my SSE is pretty much done, and i desided that i might not want to crash it on its madien. So heres the question, about 5 years ago i was flying low wing fully symetrical aircraft fairly good. No crashes, we had to move on the drop of a dime for work, now that im settled back in im ready to fly again. So what planes should i be starting with/? Do i need another trainer, or would a scale cub, or stitson, or something with high flat bottom wing be ok for re learning. ...
Given your past experience, you will most likely pick it back up again VERY quickly. I was out of the hobby for 17 years. When I started flying again I got out one of my old planes which was a semi-symetrical shoulder wing plane. On the first trip to the field I had the instructor take off and land, but I was ok flying it around. We ended the day early because the engine kept cutting out. I took it home and went through the fuel system, again. On the second trip to the field, I was doing takeoffs and landings, but there were again engine problems, so I didn't get in enough flights to "solo". After another session in the shop trying to figure out what was wrong, I took it back to the field. On this third trip to the field, the instructor (3rd one to help me) told me that given the potential issues with the engine that I should not play around in the air, just do what I needed to do to meet the requirements, which I did with no problems.
So, unless you really want a trainer, and there's nothing wrong with that, I would suggest looking at the intermediate planes on [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4537845/tm.htm]Ken's list[/link]. Once you choose one, use a buddy box with an instructor to get flying again.