The first R/C model that my dad built, was as simple as the Swizzle Stick. It had a cigar box for the fuselage body and a roller shade tube for the fuselage boom. It had a single channel, rudder only, escapement type radio. It was an ugly beast but it flew great. That must have been 40 years ago or more. He stayed with R/C until recently and gave it up because he had nobody to fly with. Just last week, he told me that he was thinking about starting back so I am going to complete one of the Stick 4o's that I have an get him flying again this summer. At 78, he is too young to quit. I have no doubts that he will get years of pleasure from the Stick and after being out of the hobby for awhile, he will have the thrill of being a beginner again.