Yea, those poor trainers. They take brutal punishment from a complete beginner, give it all they got when that beginner starts trying some oddly shaped loops and rolls, try their best to stay together long enough, and take the landing gear punishment long enough to be put on the shelf in favor of a more aerobatic / faster plane.

-Sniff- My poor trainer. R.I.P.! []

She started as white, then to white, red, blue and electrical tape with canopy flapping in the breeze and a crooked tail repair, to a pile of balsa sticks loosely held by monocote.