I disagree. I think the Hangar-9 P-51 PTS makes a great trainer. This plane flies like a baby but take those speed breaks off before you ever put it in the air and do indeed get an instructor. The landing gear is ok but I would look down inside the end of the wing and put a couple drops of ca on the exposed block and it will be just fine. I have found that mine is a pretty solid built air plane. I would recommend to get the kit. The radio that comes with it is pretty good and will hold several planes, A good motor to start with and the flight sim is definatly great to practice on when not at the field.