I had no choice on my second plane, being out of work and taking early retirement, money is critical so I had to fly what I had. Back in 08, I bought an SSE for $50.00 with motor and receiver. Being out of work and with some health problems I stopped flying in Aug. or Sept. of O8 having just crashed my trainer into a tree making it unrepairable. With life settling out, I started working on my SSE about a six weeks ago and first flew it on a buddy cord 2 weeks ago today, my trainer and I set the control surfaces at about half of the factory suggested low settings and off we went. After he took off, I took control and very quickly mastered the in air control. Landing was another story, not a control issue but depth perseption got me on my first attempt and I ended up catching the left wing on a soy bean plant and had some minor damage.

Fixed the damage and went back today, after the trainer took off it was basically my day, my first takeoff was a little shaky but got off well, all that followed were per the book. Made several landings greasing two or three and bouncing two or three but brought home an undamaged airplane.

I would not recomend the SSE as a second airplane but with dramatically reduced control surface range, it will make a second plane especially if started with a trainer on a buddy cord.

By the way it is great to be flying again, I really missed it.