If this plane appeals to you then get it and learn to fly with an instructor. I trained a young pilot with this plane and he he did just fine. I also found it a lot more fun to train on. One thing I really liked was that you had to fly the plane down not just cut the throttle and watch it float in like most high wing trainers. When this kid soloed he could land better than most of the seasoned pilots at the field. He didn't need to get a second plane when he was ready to ramp it up, all he did was take off all the doo dads and he had a sporty plane. This was all last year, this year he is flying a Funtana X and doing it quite well.