Knowing nothing about the UAE I don't know if you have clubs there or not?? Here, letting students fly our planes on the buddy box is nothing new at all, does depend on the student though. Age of the student means nothing either, that student I mentioned was only 12 years old at the time and the guys at the field were even letting him fly there 40% stunt planes. Fly, not take off and land. A lot of the guys that I fly with have trainers of different types or old planes they will set up on a buddy box so people can try to fly them to get a feel for it. As I tell my own students, they can do nothing with the plane that I can't get them out of, it isn't going to crash. Ask real nice and I bet someone there will box you up and let you give it a try. You may not have the money to be buying planes but do you have the money to crash your dream plane because you didn't follow the learning curve?? The Hog Bipe is a very good plane. The Sim is a great learning tool. They just don't teach you to fly, they aren't real but they are a big help, I let my students borrow mine so they can get there brain and fingers working together.
If you just have to have a Hog then by all means build one, it's a great plane and a fun build. Most people don't build bipes because they have to build that extra wing and learn how to use an incidence meter, setting them up is a bit harder then a single wing plane. Myself, I enjoy building them and spent several years building and flying nothing but bipes. I no longer build them but it's not because I don't like them, they are a pain to haul or set up. Right now I am back to flying my little 60 size Aeromaster, it takes up way more room in my van then I like.