lots of good advice here.
I teach at our field and have mastered a trainer. I can fly several airplanes: sticks ,spads, 4*60, pro twister and some other scratch built wonders ( most people wondered if they could fly and why[X(]) it is amazing how often people jump to "2nd" planes and have not yet begun to TRULY fly a trainer. i still fly my LT40 daily one wheel pin point touch and goes ( harder than you think!). today it was windy but steady from the south and straight down the run way so I flew the LT 40 backwards[8D]. i have not done it but I watched my instructor fly a trianer in the dark, pitch black dark, with three glow sticks on it . it was so dark the only way he could land was to do ever lower dead slow figure eights until it was landed or hit the tall grass at the edge of the field.... he could not see where the runway was it was that dark out! so ENJOY that trainer TO THE MAX