ORIGINAL: panzerd18
I'm new to model R/C so if I sound like a noob, best chances I am a noob!
Anyway when learning to fly is a buddy box to your instructors radio needed? Has anyone learnt without a buddy box with the instructor over your shoulder. I'm not a total hack as I have flown real aircraft solo (have only 35hours) so I know the principles of flight however flying R/C is a lot different.
Am saying this because very few people have Airtronics radios in Australia. Therefore instructors with another airtronics radio I can join mine too would be nearly non existent.
I've been teaching kinesthetically (
http://www.lighthousehobby.com/RT.htm ) for 3 decades and have found it's much easier, faster, more fun and safer than when I used a buddy-box. Unfortunately, no one seems interested in learning anything other than the buddy-box method. As they say, to each his own.
I have no problem having all my students safely takeoff and land on their very first lesson. On the average, most can safely solo within 4 hours or a day or two. That is something I couldn't have done using the buddy-box.
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