Hi All:

Just thought I might drop a suggestion -

Ever consider using the Microsoft Flight Simulator for flying practice? While it is flying full scale airplanes from the cockpit, it does give the RC modeler a perspective of flying - and what he might be striving to do with a model airplane - and it can be fun!
I have the MS Flt Sim 98 which has a variety of airplanes - from a WWI bipe, Cessna 182, Extra 300, Lear Jet, Boeing 737 to name a few. You can learn to fly a Cessna, or you can take a 737, climb out on a radial to 10K feet, do a split S, and then set the weather to 1000 and 3mi and make an ILS approach back to where you started.
I have a conventional Stick for flying, but I also have two CH Pro flight sticks in an arrangement like an RC Transmitter to allow me to do "RC"aerobatics in the Extra 300.
There are many new versions out and there are many older versions out that are only $20.00 or so, but you do need a good stick with a throttle and trimmable controls.

If you try it, you might like it.

feihu