Old post here, but I recently purchased the Eflite T34 Mentor, and have flown the Trojan, the foamie is a good value buy, but a whole new experience with the Mentor, you want to be confident with a trainer first and mastered there, Mentor is an excellent advancement...flew the Trojan dozens of times and certainly is a beautiful flyer but the front nose gear eventually breaks with my needed inproved landings with a low wing...Mentor with its added droops and some flaps and you'll have no issue landing this puppie..it comes in like an airliner even in the grass with things level its increadible in landings, is faster with some throttle and behaves best with slight speed, it will balloon abit with the beginner settings but simple downstick and trim helps tremendously, mine deadsticks with no throttle, I can flare early and no wing stalls, simply keeps flying! Nearing only a dozen flights and I'm sold on the Mentor, is absolutely a fantastic experience, this is all wood frame and monokote covered, have to say, my first real bird and very impressed...

Note do the basics in preflight checks, out of the box I failed to snug the prop, it was lose from the manufacture, not realizing this my maiden flight at only 25 or so feet and likely things shook before the prop flew off as also the canopy released in mid air as well with a strong pop, thought what the heck and noticed no power, turned down wind on me and without airspeed still able to make it level just before touchdown in the grass, rolled over slightly on the nose to a stop but unscathed ! Droops and Flaps saved it all as well as a cool head...after retightening the prop all is well, terrific handling, I'm pleased...<>...

As I'm new with these low wings, the Mentor handles grass landings with ease, enough room I don't have to worry about over shooting the strip or contact w/pavement, tho again this one flares increadibly well even above the famed Trojan, I personally would do the grass first as having great fortune there but your option, other than my maiden tho its been picture perfect on each landing even with my questionable landing skills on these faster birds...caught a video of an overshoot and ending with a Mentor with no front end, so be cautious, give it room...if your really new get a pilot !!

Use to say the terrific Radian Glider was my alltime favored, but look out, Here's the Mentor !!

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