RE: aerobatics with a trainer
You can do pretty much any aerobatics with a trainer that you can do with any other plane... I am able to put my wifes LT 40 with a 46 through the intermediate AMA pattern sequence without any trouble (it may not look pretty but you can recognize each manouver) about the only thing I have problems doing with a trainier compared to an aerobatic plane is putting it in a spin... I just have trouble getting it to stall the way I want....