I have trained lots of new flyers with whatever they brought out to the field. The Lt 40 is the easiest trainer to learn on. I have had students that had too much trouble with trainers that were a bit faster or more responsive but were able to learn on my LT40 just fine even though it had a strong engine on it. Something else I found out, the LT 40 also has the best ground handlying of any trainer, not that the plane is supposed to spend all of its time on the runway! [8D]