I've been flying for about 5 months now and have went through about 8 planes. I fly every day I can and am now starting some 3d. When I first started I looked at all the plane and thought ooh , that ones cool , Im going to get that one. It don't work out as well as you might think it will. I am also a very good learner and everyone is amazed at what I have learned so far. But as for my thoughts on this, I would go with a sig LT-40 trainer, they fly really good and can take a pretty good beating.Trust me you will have some beating.But its pretty much the best plane for training and for the buck.