The LT40 is a great plane. I wouldn't worry that its not a tail dragger. You can learn to handle a taildragger on your own after you are good on your LT40. My sons plane is an LT25 tail dragger and I found it pretty easy to learn the differences. My first takeoff was unexpected when I was just "testing the steering" and increased the throttle to 1/2. The tail came up almost immediatly followed by the plane taking off! Fortunatly the engine was already broke in and adjusted properly. When the plane left the ground I went full throttle and climbed to altitude until I got used to it. I wasn't even on the correct runway for a takeoff because of the wind, but then, I wasn't planning to take off. I had to fly around to the N-S runway to land into the wind and the landing was as easy as the trike gear on the LT40. The only difference was that I could land with a little more nose high attitude. The LT25 taught me all I needed to fly my Hawker Sea Fury.