The point being was to get them "real" instruction upon how to actually fly. Yes, if they have some club, AMA is in their back yard, or any means to actually get an outside individual to actually take the time out of their day to help, then by all means, it's beyond cool to actually have a human being there to train, but if you want to learn how to fly, you have to know what to actually do in the first place "regardless of all of this extensive support"....... I'm finding myself turning into a club/instructor of one here in Tacoma Wa. Do a search on how extensive our "CLUBS" are in the area, on the web, there really isn't a whole lot of choices and the fact of the matter is, when I go to the local field, I have plenty of new fliers show up, no instruction, plane in hand and they are off in the air. Why not at least give them the tools to actually go have some fun...... I'm talking, light weight, electric, very slow park fliers, not jet turbines traveling faster then cars........... Toy's R Us wouldn't have the same "be it crude" RC planes on the shelves if the market research proved they were too dangerous for children to play with, put it in perspective man, I'm just getting to the bottom line, this is what is not being said in plain english when it's all said and done, nothing more............

Along the range of the radio, it's very, very, limited when it all comes down to it, the more dangerous ones are what you see on the shelves in RTF form radio and all, interference is caused by everybody and his brother, yet these are the "first" airplanes reccomended, personally through direct and very extensive personal experience, I deem as the worse way to go at it. If there is a club flying near by, the noob should be able to see them given it's such a vast wide open space as you painted with the description. Power lines alone defeate any signal from getting through as well as physical obstructions.

I assume the new flier has read the instructions on the box...........