Fly it will ya. Your son can fly, give the transmitter back to him if you get in trouble or nervous. Was doing it that way with a friend about a month ago with a hobbico avistar. she took off fine. started a turn to come back to us and rolled the plane on it's back, and about a 45 degree dive inverted. handed me the tx about 20' agl. I GOT TO CRASH ANOTHER ONE!! Lucky me. She wasn't upset and I was laughung my ***** off. (inside) She went out and bought the exact same plane and WE built it in two afternoons. The original was RTF. So now she knows a little about construction. She had NO clue before. Think she'll want to buddy box again before another solo attempt though. She doesn't like the looking over her shoulder trick when plane is heading towards her. To each their own. Don't forget to bring the camera. I always take pix of a new plane before I fly it. What I tell my 14 year old son when he's going off on a field trip, outing, etc is..... "don't do this, make sure you do that, behave, BUT MOST OF ALL HAVE FUN!!!!" So HAVE FUN! Fun can be rebuilding or building too! I like to build for myself.
I have a friend that comes over on saturdays or sundays to build his. He uses my experience while gaining his own.
Can't wait for your results. I'm rootin' for ya.
Just recieved my 25% yak 54 yesterday. With any luck a maiden on Sunday.
RED