Kind of reckless advice for a new student don't you think? Your basically saying go crash and fix, crash and fix, instead of get a good instructor and don't crash? Sure he can buy 3 foamies that are a huge handfull to fly for about the same price, but they will no way fly like a good trainer. It will take at least that many for him to learn on by himself. The just keep on trying part is the best. Thats how people get sick of this hobby, they keep trying, and keep crashing. An instructor can take away all that frusterations so easy by teaching someone how to set up and fly without crashing.

The last line says it all. If you can fly either, you can fly anything. Are they that difficult?

I have taught on just about everything, and those little foam war birds are about the last thing I would want to teach on!