Well guy's, I knew this would turn into a Spad versus Balsa contest, but that was not my orginal intention of this thread!

I hold the record in the West Tennesse RC Flying Club as taking the longest to solo!

To say that I am a conservative flyer is a understatement!!!!!

But I can say and I have as much or more flying hours as anybody in our club in the last two years and I have never crashed a
balsa plane.
(I know the RC God's will strike my Extra 300 down this weekend!)

My intent of this thread was to let beginners know that there was an alternative to learning all the hard mistakes which if you guy's will think back we all have done, in a more cost effective manner!
From what I have seen "most not all" are more prone to crash their second plane than their trainer!!

The Spad has allowed me to do all the crazy sh##, that I always wanted to do, but with alot less strain on my pocketbook.

By the way Jim I am a Club trainer at the WTRC and I am currently working with four students and if I do say so myself I am pretty damn good at it!!!!!