Big thumbs up to you KoolKrabber! Ya mean these things can fly without pilot input? Geez - who would'a thunk.

My club has an active (flying) membership of over 200. We should have at least 10 guys that are willing to train. Our VP is still messing with a trainer (NexStar covered like a roll of life savers). Pretty cautious pilot. I nearly had to beat on him to fly my Somethin' Extra. After he did he had a permanent grin on his face. Wonder what he's planning for the winter.

My personal training experience: I'm an instructor with a local road racing school. We sponsored an event at a local road course for Subaru North America on a Saturday. About 80 drivers showed up with Subaru officials co-hosting the event. All (well, almost all) went well. Thursday of that next week I was my LHS and saw a flier from a local RC club that included an open invite to training night (Thursday). Since I didn't have anything better to do I went to the field to check it out. Unbeknown to me the lead Subaru sled dog of the car event was an instructor at field. He was holding his trainer, radio w/ a buddy box, and a big smile. He commanded me to go fly with him. That was 2 years, 2 ARFs and 9 kits ago. I guess payback is a b**tch