RE: Recommendations for those new to RC Flight
I'd have to agree. When you talk to some of the guys who have been in the hobby for 20 years, they all have stories of the fellows who couldn't be told anything and left the hobby after failing too many times. There are also stories of the guys who were hard headed and made it, but spent twice the money on busted airplanes than they should have if they would have just sought some help. There are a few stories of guys who are wired well for this and picked it up easily without help, and there are a lot of stories of guys who listened to those with more experience than themselves and learned how to do things correctly the first time and got good at flying painlessly and quickly. Barring the special cases that are exceptionally talented, I'll take the last option any day.