RE: 7 year old flying
Kids.. they amaze me. They go out and fly these things like they were born into it!! Man, do I love to see that!
We had a kid in our club a while back that was flying glow powered 3D helicopters at age 10. He went on to the Air Force Academy and is flying high-performance jets now. His mother used to drive him to the field and hang around with the pilots while Luke flew his helicoper.
One day, a gent showed up with a plane set up with a video camera, a transmitter, and a ground station to display what the camera was "seeing". Well, he also had this virtual reality helmet. Well, Luke put that helmet on and flew this plane for about 10 minutes doing all sorts of stunts with it. The odd part of this was he had his back to the flight line!!! Amazing!!
CGr.