13yrold: The SE can sort-of do traditional aerobatics. It has no problems with loops/rolls, but snaps/spins it is a little weak on and it will not do knife edge well at all. The snaps/spins issue is due to the typically fun fly thick airfoil that doesn't like to stall. The KE issue is due to lack of fuse area forward of the CG. This is what I was kinda getting at in a previous post. There is no universal perfect plane. There are always compromises. It will be hard to find a 2nd plane that excels at both 3D and traditional aerobaitcs. I only have two that can do 3D and traditional aerobatics quite well, both are beyond what I reccomend for a 2nd plane.

If you like the SE and can live with the fact that it will be a little weak in the snap/spin/KE department, get it. It is a fun plane.