OK, it's cool to learn on your own. So what?
I think this is the real motivating factor in faisalk's post. He's proud of having learned on his own. I DO find it interesting that he would say everyone told him it would be "impossible".
I thought I remembered his original question about his first flight, so I did a little research. If you're interested, take a look at the link below, and read through the first 29 posts.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_72...#726035#726035
By the way, this was the earliest of Faisalk's posts that I could find.
Dennis-