ORIGINAL: GaryHarris
I must be missing something. What use is it to learn to fly a trainer inverted when the second or 3rd plane is designed for just that? Can't a trainer just be a trainer?
..............I see no reason to wring out a trainer to do something it's not designed to do. Sorta like in manufacturing, it's a non value added operation.
You started this thread bringing up an excellent question, which made me believe you wanted to master your trainer, that machine that has been designed to be stable enough as to learn the basics of RC flying with it.
But basic skills are much more than soloing, and they are to be mastered with this type of forgiving model.
A second or third plane may be easier to roll and keep inverted, but it is not easier to fly.
With these models, there are complications of control and flight to pay attention to; hence, that will be the wrong moment to be distracted by improving basic skills.
You are missing nothing; we just have different approaches on what to squeeze out from different models.
I have seen too many fast and capable models smashed by pilots that thought they had graduated from a trainer.