Imcruz,

Let me state my opinion on a couple of things:

LT-40 ARF building difficulty -

Not really that hard, I had almost zero experience. Mine flew the first day I took it to the field, there were a few on-site adjustments. My comments on intimidating were based on building a kit, not an ARF.

LT-40 "fragility" -

I personally think this argument is vastly overstated. I had one "crash" in six months of flying. And it involved a six foot high dirt pile at the very end of the runway. The damage involved a broken nose "cheek" and a cracked motor mount. Took me about 2 hours to fix (including glue drying time). Simply put, if you use common sense and fly within your limitations, I don't think you're very likely going to crash a trainer.

Of course, if you try to fly inverted at 3 feet off the deck the second flight, you might want something indestructible.

GB