ORIGINAL: SushiSeeker
ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
I can't think of a single downside.
I know some kids who are outstanding 3-D pilots. Last year, one of them had a flameout with plenty of altitude, but without power, he didn't know how to ''fly'' the plane in. He stalled it all the way to the ground.
On the flip side, this is exactly how I learned to fly. When I ''graduated'' to glow engines, I was shooting landings with my instructor. My engine quit and he started to grab the box. I told him, I knew how to land a plane with no engine and so my first solo landing was dead-stick. Picture perfect, just couldn't taxi back to the pits.
The whole reason I asked is this is how I taught myself to fly as well now i flew gliders powered and thermal 2 meter and 3 and so on exlucively for many years , however the transition to powered glow models proved very difficult I had to back track to powered electric park flyers just to get the hand of the amount attention it took to keep flying as opposed to floating around , so the transition seemed difficult , but i was able to teah myself how to fly in a relatively short time , so when i was asked if this is a good route to take as a beginner i was not sure how to answer the question ,
your views have given me a new insight
thanks !