ORIGINAL: bigedmustafa
I'd take the Sig Kadet LT-40 or the Hobbico Avistar versus any of the other trainers on your list. I'd happily fly the Alpha 40, the Tiger Trainer 40/60, or the Goldberg Eagle II as well. There's nothing seriously wrong with the Nexstar or the PT-40, but they both generally have too much dihedral to fly well in windy conditions. For what was on your list, I voted for the Goldberg Eagle 2.
<div>I have the Avistar and it was a breeze to put together. The first flight it flew great, not much trim needed. I was able to fly the pattern my very first flight. I did crash and burn the next week due to pilot error and plane malfunction due to improper assembly (vertical stabilizer came loose). I have a new one that I put together with modifications to make it more bulletproof. I also am putting together a Hobbistar 60 mk111. I haven’t flown the Hobbistar yet so I can’t attest to it yet.</div><div></div><div>Some of the modifications I did on the Avistar;</div><div></div><div>I used 30-minuet epoxy on everything; the tail is not coming off this time. I replaced all the plastic clevis with GP metal, all the philips screws with allen machine bolts, basically I went over the plane with a fine tooth comb and tweaked everything I could from the fuel tank to the servo installations, made sure all the nuts and bolts have lock tight on them. I also drilled out the motor mount and bolted the engine directly instead of the clamp style that comes with the plane. I fuel proofed all the surfaces that were exposed to fuel, bulkhead, firewall, were the covering started to come off at the front landing gear, the covering around the nose, and anywhere I could think of. Hopefully these modifications will help in keeping the plane in the air.</div><div></div><div>TB</div><div></div>