When it comes down to it the nexstar is a very docile trainer. If your a quick learner you'll outgrow it quickly. It flys easy but is thrown around by the slightest winds and it becomes no fun pretty quick. But it does correct istelf pretty easily and unless you real close to the ground doing dumb stuff it will survive what you can dish out to it. You'll outgrpw it quickly but it it does its job with getting you in the air and flying around. Landing are easy, just float and float and float till you want to touch down. The cosmicwind minnow now is a dropper and without any airspeed the control surfaceswill not react. The minnow is a fun plane and quick but if you want something to learn basic aerobatics on go with the pros. The goldberg tigers are nice. But I cant stressanough fly your straight lines and keep the plane pointed where you wanted before movongup into the more advanced aerobatics,