I've recently opened a small hobby shop and have wanted to learn to fly RC airplanes for many years now. When I was younger and lived in Florida, I was not treated very well by several clubs when I asked for help to learn to fly. I recently met up with Mr. Ragland and even before I told him I've been wanting to learn to fly RC, he INSISTED that I fly HIS trainer and ASAP.

I did get some buddy-box training in Florida, (10 minutes of mostly the instrutor flying) but I tell you, Mr. Ragland's method definitely cannot be considered "Crowd the trainee" method. Matter of fact, I landed on my first lesson and he only touched the stick for no more than 3 minutes throughout the 25 minutes solid of me actually knowing that I was controlling the plane, and after than he was just close enough so I could hear him give me verbal instruction. He NEVER got as close as Mr. Lewin would consider crowding.

Once in a great while, if he had to, he would reach over and give the stick a little nudge.

nascarjoe