Hey Audi, good job on the instructor status. I had the same problem with my youngest boy, 12. He would treat the sticks like they were the game sticks. then I put alot on negative expo on his radio, we used a buddy cord, and he finally got the hang of it, then I gradually started to remove the expo. it made a real differnece on his learning. at first he was real frustrated because he was throwing the sticks and couldnt get the gradual part at first. now after two months he is fying the spadstick around like a person with at least a year of flying experiance. it sure it fun to have my two boys and I out flying together. the bigest part is hauling 5 to 7 planes to the field. I gotta get a trailer I quess. cant wait to see that trainer