Hello, I saw this thread, and as a teenage pilot, I just had to comment. It's great that you guys are getting your kids, invovlved, I wouldn't have been able to do this or make any IMAC contests without my Dad's help.

The assumption of Seniority = skill is surprisingly present in the hobby of RC Aviation. A guy with whom I work at my LHS, when he heard about our GP 1/3 scale Extra, assumed that Dad would be taking it put for the maiden. Of course, this got me pretty angry, even though the guy was innocent (I only just realized how competitive my attitude really is).

But skill clearly knows know age boundries in the RC hobby. Look at what age Chip started flying (7, I think?). The winner of the masters pattern at the Nats this year, Andrew Jesky, is a teenager.