My son bought a Slow Stick last month and flew it by himself for the first flight of the plane and his own first flight. He had seen me and my fellow club members fly, but had never done it himself. He had played some video games using a joy stick, but no RC simulators. I pointed him at ezone, he did the research. I think that's a pretty good recommendation for the Slow Stick. BTW, he was 1000 miles away from me when he did it--that probably helped! Good luck, Dzl