Ray, with a good 46 up front, an Avistar is great airplane. Not familiar with your other trainer, but if it has a flat bottom wing, you`ll find the Avistar to be more capable. You`ll no doubt move on to the Stik and/or some other more " advanced" planes, but I`ll hazard a guess that you`ll keep your Avistar for those "just want to relax and fly" days. I`ve had mine for almost four years ( it was my training and solo bird ), and although I fly other planes, I still enjoy he Avistar.