You really should put the first one in it's own context, ie. you want a trainer to get airborn, not to upgrade or make it try to compete with a performance plane. The planes themselves are cheap, the gear is not, I have several planes that I switch gear back and forth from depending upon my mood. Some I like to fly if there is wind to contend with, or if I'm wanting something optimized for performance, while on occassion, will take out a slow flyer for a more relaxing day at the field.

The dilema most new pilots face is they want something more then what they can really handle thinking they are going to stick to just that one plane for years to come. When you design a trainer, something has to give in it's basic principal, afterall, it's a trainer and certain attributes are necessary to make it perform in that manner so you lose certain elements, "looks included" to accomodate the new pilot. I've upgraded the first plane I learned to fly on with brushless and lipo, it turned it into a nice handful, but I opted not to leave it in since I was stressing the airframe too much. Now, you can pick up the yardstick, go flying pretty easily from day one, and pick up another at the same time to grow into as you are ready if you still have store credit enough for two systems. Later on, you can bring both to the field, I typically bring more then one plane myself, one is mainly for a change of pace, or worse case scenereo, a back up in case I wreck the first one and can't repair it on the spot. I'm nearning completion of plane 27 now and needless to say, I'm not entirely out of the norm with that many planes in my hanger, it's an addictive little hobby, and I'm sure, once you start flying, you'll see what I mean along accumulating your own collection.