Jake, I have to tell you that at first I could not ever understand how the Ragland Technique could possibly be safer than the buddy-box, but after only 5 minutes on the sticks, I am now a believer. I mean such a method had to be totally safe to allow me to land on my first "real" lesson. He does not let the student ever get in a unsafe situation. He makes corrections well before the plane is headed where it shouldn't be headed. He does allow the student a few seconds to make corrections, but with a simple nudge of the stick, he makes certain that nothing bad will happen.

Once again, this method is much safer than the buddy-box. Unfortunately, those who have never seen it in action may not be able to imagine an RC flight instruction could be so fast, easy and safe. Once more, I've seen him hand the tx to spectators and it was like a walk in the park, with no yelling, or tx snatching at all.

nascarjoe