yes it is a blast to fly and i'm sure the su-25sm would be too since it's basically an 25A model with upgraded avionics,weapons and iirc upgraded engines.that's kinda why i asked the question.the 25T is great if you want to carry modern weapons but it's a heavy pig to fly and after looking at .lua files and how to edit them and all the other changes to make you have a lot of appreciation for the guys that do mods for the community.i might figure out how to do it eventually but for me it's a pretty steep leaning curve so maybe one day