Red Head, That's how I did it on my first flight... well first flight where someone else wasn't holding the box. Someone else holding the box and manipulating the right stick doesn't work to well. lol. The problem is, the switch is broken near the base. A few times the transmitter wasn't responding and I had to kinda push the trainer switch down to connect with the base part and wiggle it to get the transmitter to start responding again. (this was yesterday, not the day Rob took me up). I figure it's simply better to play it safe. It would suck to get up there, accidently joggle the switch and loose all control over the plane and watch it float away. The other option would be just to make sure it's on, then clip the switch all the way off to can't accidentatlly get joggled. I thought about that, but again, I figure it's better to just wait for the switch, as if did that and it somehow got stuck in the off position there would be nothing that could be done to get it back.
-John