Trainers are just that - trainers. I wanted the biggest and baddest trainer, the best looking, the most features, so I got the Nexstar. Sure it did it's job, but surely no better than the people at my club learning on the Tower Trainer. It's a solid, reliable, and rugged plane. And, it's a great value.

If I were to do it all over again, I'd get the Tower Trainer (ARF, 'cause I like to put things together) in a second.