I totally disagree with NorfolkSouthern. I own a Nexstar trainer and even drove over 500 miles to meet with an instructor for flight training who would be totally devoted to me and my need to learn how to fly. I had the Nexstar and he had the Sig Senior. The Sig was way more stable and forgiving for beginners (and it was the best trainer he had ever used in his 20+ years of flight training). It also reacts faster which is a plus in my opinoin. The Nexstar was way more difficult to fly and has some bad habits like wanting to take off toward the right all the time. The covering also peals off after a few flights.

Anyone that says the Nexstar is better than the Senior has never flown BOTH planes as a brand new never soloed pilot. IMHO

I since have soloed with the Sig senior and wrecked my Nexstar right after the solo with the Senior. I then rebuilt the Nexstar and had several sucessful flights with it and wrecked it again.

I have now purchased and am building a Sig Senior. If I could do it all over again, I would have never even looked at the Nexstar as a serious trainer plane to begin with.

P.S. The sig and its landing gear handle hard landings without bending the landing gear, unlike my Nexstar.