<div>jester_s1 Understood. I can see where you were coming from now. It will be two years in March, though the last year has been more focused on flying than the first one. The reason I posted what I did was to help people not jump ahead too far to fast and make the same mistakes I did.</div><div></div><div>jetmech05I do, but it isn't black and white. It is easy to get into the air and it is very easy for someone to bite off more plane than they can chew. For instance, off the bat I tried to fly my EDF jet a few weeks after I had some command over my Champ in the air. Needless to say, it lasted only a few seconds before I stalled it and sheared the left wing off of it. I certainly learned the hard way, but that is why I suggested the conservative approach I did, which is targeted at those that do no have time for or want to have an instructor.

Safety ettique is very important and I agree. However, this is the age of the internet where most things can be researched online without having to worry about depending on someone else for it or having to do that and pay money for it. To the point about tuning an engine, like many others that are new to the hobby, I have zero interest in gas powered flight and never will. It is messy and transporting petro products in my car is not going to happen.

But again, to echo what all of you have said, the best course of action is to get with an experienced instructor. Where I am coming from is knowledge of the next generation of flyers and how they think. I grew up on video games, so using a controller is second nature. Also consider that many of us has used a number of different controllers and played game series like Halo for XBOX that change what the buttons do with each release. With that in mind, adapting to 4-channels from 3 is nothing because we are used to adapting.

The older beginers with no experience with said technology should 100% ignore any advice I contributed to this thread.
</div>LuchniaWhat I outlined above helps eliminate that for folks who are indepenent minded folks by taking it one step at a time and actually flying to improve their skills at a measured pace.


I agree completely. Just because they are mass produced doesn't mean that they are toy grade. I will conceed that the Champ is pretty "toylike", but the others I mentioned are excellent flyers and not toys.

To the folks that are experienced modelers, I respect your skill set and artistic experession. However, the whole point of flying is to get in the air and outside of the shop.Technology makes it easier these days to fly and enjoy it sooner. The thought of waiting twiddling ones thumbs for an entire year before flying is simply rediculous in 2013. You learn by doing and not by waxing cars. "Wax on, wax off".

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