The Arising Star is a great trainer. But I think you could fly a cub as easily as a trainer PROVIDING you have some one with experience show you how to propwerly take off. Take offs have to be well throttle managed. No big secret or difficult but it does take a more finessed way. Some cubs are real "floaters" and others not. Set your cub up well, fly with struts (to help bleed off speed) and DONT fly on windy days. I'v flown a few different size cubs and the only real problem I had, when I wqas learning, was not knowing how to take off properly. By the way, the best advice I got to resolve this was from a RCU member. Good luck and don't be afraid to contact me if you feel this was worthwhile and have any other questions. Norm