My thoughts
I hear trainers mentioned in here, what I would like to suggest is an H9 Ultra Stik 40 tamed down and constructed with a nose gear for learning on, that way once mastered it can be converted to a real fun fly acrobatic plane. It seems to me that HighHover has enough experiance to handle one of these and even if he does't a tame stick can still be used as a trainer.
Randy