i have been learning for 20 years. soloed 1 year ago luv it. my son asked to fly my avstar. never flew before. he took it up hung it on the prop and moore. then a great landing. the next time up it got old. i was not looking when i here help dad. the plane was an ink spot. some how we got it back. and all is well. i guess thay call that cockey. ps great place thanks.

Kids these days have a big advantage having spent years with Nintendo!

Just this past weekend I lost my Avistar in the blue sky. I had it kinda far out coming back in. I took a quick look left and right to see where the traffic was headed. When I looked back, I couldn't find it! I cut the throttle and kept hunting. Tt took me a good 15 seconds to find that thing in the slightly hazy blue sky. Kinda scary. Once I found it, I banked it some to make sure it was still coming in. Once I did that, I could see the white wing much better. So now I'm wondering if it's a good idea to do some wing rocks to try to track down a lost ink spot.

On a trainer it also helps to put real bright colors on the wings leading edge that way the ink spot can be seen quicker.. beginners have a bad habit of getting the plane to far out and cant see what it doing, so keep it over your head not out in the back forty, that way you wont lose it