I felt the same way ... I know exactly where you are coming from. You watch the other guys flying planes that you KNOW you can fly. The trainer IS boring! It was for me.

I got a 4* 60 after 2 months or so of flying. I learned with an instructor, got quite a bit of time on my trainer in a short period, and was ready! I let my instructor take off and land the first couple times while I got used to flying it. Then I was off!

A year into this hobby and I have 5 planes. I still bring the 4* with 1 or 2 others. I warm up with it. Its so easy to fly and its fun. I still love that plane. Get one. Over power it a bit so it climbs straight up forever ... and enjoy it for a long time.

My 4* is getting skis for the winter ... yeah!!

I've seen two H9 Mustang trainers.

One was used as a trainer by a new guy on the buddy box. - It was a trainer.

The other was used by an experienced guy that took the trainer attachments off. It flew pretty much as a low wing sport plane. He did all kinds of junk with it.

All these guys have recommended great planes but i have another one. My second plane was a Seagull Spacewalker II it is a low wing scale tail dragger that is pretty forgiving. I maidened mine (but I had a few more gallons of fuel thru my Nextar ). It isn't as aerobatic as some of the other suggestions but will do alot more than your trainer and has very few bad habits. It flies (and lands) a little faster than a trainer but that is what you need now any way. No matter what you choose just have a blast with it and fly the wings off.

Just my 2 cents.

There were two of these at the flying field. They seemed like great sport planes

a Hangar-9 ultra stick any size. a four star. a gp dazzler. a gp u-can-do. a lanier stinger 40. thats all i got

I went staright to a stick, spad stick. then i built a taildragger spad. Im a spad junkie!! easy and cheap to build. I flew 20 years ago and have had only about a month and a half on a trainer recently. boy the stick was alot faster but not any more difficult to fly. neither was the taildrager . I solo-maidened them the same day. if I was to go balsa, I would go with the 4 star or equal

The Frenzy 100 is a very good plane and easy to fly. They land great and will just float in on the landing. You can just fly them around or when you get the feeling your ready then you can do 3D with them also. They are very nice looking planes also. The Frenzy is a 100 size plane. To me the bigger the easier they are to fly and land. Whatever you decide try to get alot of wing. The sticks alot of the fella's here fly fly great and land pretty good but think my Fenzy lands easier. This plane is easy to assemble aslo. Takes a 125 motor and if your going to do 3d stuff some pretty descent servos. But if your going to learn the just some average servos will work. Just to me the bigger the plane the easier. Such as a Funtana 100 is easier than a 50 size. MORE WING TO FLOAT ON. That is just my opinon. And i am as you are not far from trainer plane and still like the guys say keep that trainer you will need it. And you can use it to warm up before you take your decision into the air. Good luck and let us know what plane you decide on.

Yeah, the four * series or the Goldberg Tiger ll are both fine airplanes. I think I read somewhere they were designed by the same person. As far as sticks go, I still have an original Falcon 56 and it is basically a high winged stick, but if you really look at one, and I mean really LOOK at it, it is a gorgeous fuse and the built up horizontal stab doesn't hurt it any either. As far as the A6 is concerned, it is another airplane that gets more attractive the longer you look at it. There was one at an air show at Chesterfield airport just outside of St Louis a couple years ago. It was the wild weasel version and the little sign in front of the airplane said that the electronic module at the top of the vertical stabilizer cost more than the airplane. WOW!!!!! Impressive. And the airplane in flight is really handsome. I also enjoy watching "the Flight of the Intruder" occasionally.

Nope - you're thinking of the 4*60 and the BTE Venture 60, both by Bruce Tharpe. The Tiger II and Tiger 60 were Dave Patrick designs, I believe, although they were updates of the Sky Tiger which was late 60s-early 70s.