My son (who's 34) took up RC quite a few years ago and, like everything else he's tried, he picked it up very quickly and is a very good flier. But not long ago he watched me flying my stunter and a few days ago he came around and raided my workshop. He took home with him an old trainer I built years ago to give kids a fly at demonstration days. Today we went out to his club field with the trainer and his RC pattern plane and on the way he told me he wanted to learn to fly CL as well as I do. The kid should be a diplomat

The first flight I took it off for him then handed over the handle and he flew nice and level then started doing the usual shallow climbs and dives (only arm movement) to get used to things and ended up with a fairly nice landing. The second flight I let him do the takeoff after I explained what to do. It was perfect. Next think I know he's doing consecutive wingovers (with one little fright when the wheels clipped the grass ) and ended up with an absolutely perfect 3 point landing! The look on his face said it all. He reached out and shook my hand and couldn't get the smile off his face

Two flights and he's past the trainer stage. He's better than RCPaul already so now I have to help him build a proper stunt trainer. He's got the right attitude though because he knows that both RC and CL each have their good points and he can appreciate both.