I bought this combo last year for teaching my wife RC basics. The smaller size was less intimidating for her. The little .09 has plenty of power for this plane, though if I were to buy it again I would have gone with the AP .15 for the same money.

I thought about converting to a taildragger but the main gears are burried under balsa and monocote and I didn't want to mess with it. Plus there is not a whole lot of room for radio gear as it is. Relocating the mains would for sure take up some. I did relocate the nose gear mount to outside the firewall though, after breaking the control horn on the second test glide. OUCH!!! Much easier to get to and the two mounting holes can be reused.

If you're looking to get into "planks' from flying eggbeaters, you would have been better off getting a standard .40 size, or better yet .60 sized, trainer, which don't cost too much more the this Schoolboy combo. But being small does have its advantages. I ended up flying this thing more often than I originally thought. It is so compact I could leave the wing rubber-banded on and it fits inside the trunk of our mid-size sedan just fine. I used to sneak in a flight or two on my lunch hour. I've since switched to electric sailplanes as the glow noise drew too much attention from co-workers.