When I was in school, we had an Eaglet trainer that we used as the club trainer. A couple of us built it over 2 weekends, and it flew great and took a lot of abuse. The kit was almost the "drop bottle of glue into box and shake, remove airplane" easy. This was back before laser cutting, but the kit had some of the best fitting parts I'd ever seen.

I've never seen an LT-25, but I'm sure it's a great flying plane, the LT-40 sure is.

There's a guy at my field that was flying something that looked a lot like a Great Planes PT-25. It was an old plane, beat up, and probably kit built (was there ever an ARF of this one), but it flew very very well, even in some high winds.

(yes, I know the OP already bought the LT-25, just adding stuff for anyone else who might be looking for a smaller trainer)

I think you should try the PT-20 from Great Planes, that's what I learned on, very sturdy, and if you take a little bit of the dihedral it makes a great "sporty" plane. (OS 25 FP). It's really easy to build, easy to fix.

I built an LT-25 just for something to do one winter a couple of years ago. A friend donated the covering. It was an easy, fun build.

I put a .32 GMS engine and pieced together a flight pack (tower servos, hi-tech rx, etc.).

I really like the way it flies. Much better than the LT-40 I learned on.

I've sort of "moved on" but I've kept the LT-25 and a buddy box thinking I may want to teach someone how to fly RC.

A great little high wing, tail dragging trainer.

Dave