Just has been getting to me in recent times that the model airplane industry (well, maybe only a few manufacturers, or maybe I've gone off the deep end here) has no ethics when selling to a beginner. I have for a while kept my mouth shut about H-9 selling the Mustang PTS as a primary trainer (yes, I know it can be done, and has been. I had one and I liked it, just not as a primary trainer, please this isn't a thread about is it or isn't it a trainer). Even worse is this 7.5 lbs abomination they call a trainer that vaguely resembles a raptor, and from most flight reports is (suprise!) not a great primary trainer either. The hobby had enough trouble with people wanting to learn how to fly on a jet or a mustang before this. But I can handle these, I really can. If your instructor is comfortable with the plane and that's all you can think of go for it. It can be done. But as I browsing through this forum reading all the threads by guys asking "Is it OK to train myself?" and the rest of us warning not to do so unless your pockets are deep and you have plenty of repair time, I see a flashing ad that says "Teach yourself to fly" !?!? It is one of the rotating ads at the top of this forum from Hobby Zone advertising their Super Cub. I have heard that it is a great plane and very easy to fly. I don't know, I've not seen one, but do none of the major manufacturers have moral decency anymore, or are they just waiting to spring the next big one on the unsuspecting student pilot market? I know. Stupid question. I've not seen a manufacturer who cared more about customer satisfaction than customer base size in a while now.

Forgive my irritaion guys, just seems that the hobby is turning more and more toward one time cheap profits every day and less of a respectable art form.