Jon,

Welcome to the forum.  Your dad has a valid point, it will probably be more difficult than you imagine.  I took full scale flying lessons in the Army in our base flight club and I could have easily had my Private, the only reason I didn't is because I needed to save my money for ETS.  I wish I would've continued a few more hours, but that's not the point.

The point is, for me and many guys I know, flying full size aircraft is totally and completely easy compared to RC.  There's no comparison.  People take to flying full scale like a duck takes to water, but not RC. 

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