I disagree on flying without a "Good" instructor also.

A good instructor is someone who flies smoothly and lands smoothly every time. Is a good patient teacher and willing to stand there and teach you how to turn and what ALL the controls on a 4 channel plane are for and when to use them.

Now some bad ones are the ones that get you up in the air flying left hand turn circles and then say, "All right, You just keep turning circles and yell if you need any help", then walks off.

Someone who says you don't need the rudder and not to use it.

Someone who says you don't need ailerons and not to use them.





That guy who used to fly probably used to fly a plane like this one.
Yes you didn't need ailerons on a plane like this. But you do need them on the heavy plywood 60 mph trainers of today.