16 years ago I bought a eagle II and a super tigre .45 ring, I flew the crap out of that plane learning how to fly, got sun-burns and ended up totaling the poor thing because I never wanted to stop flying it one day, needless to say, check your reciever batteries after flying a gallon through it in a single day. It was late and I said "one more flight" that was the end of everything, the first time I ever seen balsa and lite ply explode in a mushroom cloud on tar. My heart sank, but I bought another plane(balsa usa smoothie) and kept going. The eagle II is excellent, I've had the senior from sig and the kadet lt-40, but the goldberg eagle II is still way more durable than any other trainer on the market and it floats nice, not as slow as a sig senior, but just about. Infact the eaglet 50 is the most econimic trainer around, and it will T/O and land within 60' on a bushed .15 engine, I've trained many people to fly, but my favorite all-around trainer is the eagle II and the eaglet 50. Just smooth, tough, predictable airplanes,....Point blank.