>I figure if the student was only interested in achieving "Self-Taught" status, he would not be asking, and it sounds like >the originator of this thread followed that route, successfully - at his own site.

Yes, he certainly did (G).

However, my point was that for as long as I've been around toy planes, the drumbeat has been "You can't do this by yourself." Obviously, that's not the case, as I, and many others have shown.

I was just reading a older "beginners" RC book last night. A very proud looking young man who had just made his first landing "on only his fourth flight"......

Hummmmmmm, I did that on the first day.

I simply wonder if it might be more advantagous to balance out, a bit, the "Can't do it yourself" dogma with an message that says "You can do it if you prepare properly."