Hey Treetop, I think it is great having the opportunity to teach a "real pilot" how to fly RC. It is somewhat ironic isn't it? To think someone who flies for a living has to be "trained" to fly a toy :-).

For those who are offended by calling an RC airplane (even a 40% 3D that cost $6000) a TOY, think about this -->. If a 747 pilot flew "his" plane the same way "you" fly yours, would you want to be one of "his" passengers? I certainly wouldn't! If the 747 pilot doesn't think of a RC plane as a "toy" he is in the wrong line of work!

While Webster defines a toy "as something children play with" and "to amuse oneself" they aren't really "something of little importance; trifle." to many of us. But when compared to other things in our life (job, car, house, spouse) they should be considered trifle shouldn't they? <fire extinquisher at the ready--fire away>