Horizon is not tyring to pass of a sport model as a trainer to poor unsuspecting newbies.... This is not just a sport scale model, the PTS series really are set up well for training. They just look alot better than the typical boxy trainer. I have seen many train on the PTS Mustang sucessfully with an instuctor. Once soloed they can start removing the training gear and have an aircraft more capable than the traditional trainer. Just because it doesn't look like a trainer, does not mean it isn't.