ORIGINAL: FatOrangeKat
Interesting. I went to the reviews section at the top of the page and searched for the Super Sportster, and most of the twenty-something reviews said it does fly fast, but it also floats and glides in for landings, and that low speed flight was very stable.
It is and it does.
As with ANY plane you need altitude or speed to fly though, and a dead stick at takeoff can be fatal no matter what you are flying.
The Sportster floats and glides in gracefully on dead sticks IF you have altitude to trade for airspeed.
Your also looked at a cheap second airframe, which is not a bad choice either.
You could fly that airframe until it falls apart. Typically when you are less worried about the costs, you have less fear of taking small "risks", and thereby learning what works and what does not.