ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
Personally, I would never tell a kid to learn to drive with a stick... Nor would I recommend a trainer with a tailwheel.
More proof that I'm a contrarian, I learned to drive with a stick and learned to fly using a trainer with a tailwheel.
However, I do agree that automatics and trikes are much less complicated, and probably better for beginning.
One guy at my field, Doc, contends it's even better to learn on an electric. His argument: It takes the complications of figuring out your motor.
I can see that... And while RCKen will argue the point,
there is a neat sound to the electric airplane flying by, and the "woosh" of air it makes...