3 year old flight

[Macsgrafs]

Too many people underestimate youngsters, I would get him a Blade CX2, looks nice & go fast red, easy to fly & teach him respect for dangerous things froma young age, might even save his life one day if he knows what danger can do!

Regards
Ross

[DaveC]

The youngsters certainly have the reflexes - Ever seen this kid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcpvANiAU8I

Thought of a four year old with a raptor - is a bit dangerous to my mid but here is more of his stuff - http://www.justinchi.com/

Regards David

[Macsgrafs]

Originally Posted by DaveC

The youngsters certainly have the reflexes - Ever seen this kid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcpvANiAU8I

Thought of a four year old with a raptor - is a bit dangerous to my mid but here is more of his stuff - http://www.justinchi.com/

Regards David

He's superb David, have watched so many of his videos & I know as a father how proud I would be of my little guy if he could fly like that, so it does prove that they can & DO learn respect for anything.

Ross

[red_z06]

Raven:

Congrats on your son's interest in helis. I hope he stays interested so you may enjoy the wonderful hobby together. What sim are you using? I was not able to see the video link above. It is my experience that when you ask them to do it, they will back away from it. So, even though you are eager to have him learn fast, I would suggest making him work for it (begging works).

Do you take him to the field (airplane preferably due to less chaotic nature) so he understands the sequence and pattern of flying? As soon as you feel that he can direct the craft somewhat. Make him understand the danger of going to the pit area by selecting the scenery that resembles a real field with the pits and have him stay away from that area. When you think he can avoid the pits and crashes, make a rule so that his sim flying for that day stops when he crashes and goes into pits.

I taught my son about the dangers of the prop by shredding a piece of paper by sticking it in the spinning prop and blades.

As for learning, get the most aggresive and aerobatic heli/airplane you can find. They do not need the slow muscle memory training like the rest of us. They need to feel connected to the craft they are controlling. If you think he respects the heli and can stay within the boundaries you set for him, and shows genuine effort to avoid crashes at all costs, then you should buddy box him on a real RC heli.

Whatever you do, keep him away from the likes of PiccoZ and other made for kids heli. You do not want to show that helis can crash into walls and nothing happens. As for the RC heli, get him the most precise heli you can afford and stay away from the likes of Blade CP. My son is still nervous when he flies his Blade CP as he feels disconnected.

Good luck in nerturing his interest and enjoy every minute of it.

[Macsgrafs]

Originally Posted by red_z06

Raven:

Congrats on your son's interest in helis. I hope he stays interested so you may enjoy the wonderful hobby together. What sim are you using? I was not able to see the video link above. It is my experience that when you ask them to do it, they will back away from it. So, even though you are eager to have him learn fast, I would suggest making him work for it (begging works).

Do you take him to the field (airplane preferably due to less chaotic nature) so he understands the sequence and pattern of flying? As soon as you feel that he can direct the craft somewhat. Make him understand the danger of going to the pit area by selecting the scenery that resembles a real field with the pits and have him stay away from that area. When you think he can avoid the pits and crashes, make a rule so that his sim flying for that day stops when he crashes and goes into pits.

I taught my son about the dangers of the prop by shredding a piece of paper by sticking it in the spinning prop and blades.

As for learning, get the most aggresive and aerobatic heli/airplane you can find. They do not need the slow muscle memory training like the rest of us. They need to feel connected to the craft they are controlling. If you think he respects the heli and can stay within the boundaries you set for him, and shows genuine effort to avoid crashes at all costs, then you should buddy box him on a real RC heli.

Whatever you do, keep him away from the likes of PiccoZ and other made for kids heli. You do not want to show that helis can crash into walls and nothing happens. As for the RC heli, get him the most precise heli you can afford and stay away from the likes of Blade CP. My son is still nervous when he flies his Blade CP as he feels disconnected.

Good luck in nerturing his interest and enjoy every minute of it.

Red are you the proud father of young Justin, if so it's wonderful to hear from you & your son is simply the BEST. He's not my child, but I feel so proud of him, he's a credit to so many & to your family he must be Tops.

Regards
Ross

[red_z06]

Ross:

Thanks for the kind words. My name is Benny and I am Justin's dad. As raven will soon find out that his son will blow past his skills in no time flat as they can learn flying skills on their own. The most difficult aspect of teaching young is how to make them understand what danger is and what the heli can do when they don't understand what death is.

I used to say "What if mommy was in the pit area when that airplane crashes into pits? No more mommy!"

[DaveC]

Hi Benny - Quite an enviable position Justin is in “Oh dear dad I bent the raptor I will go play on my bike while you fix it” LOL

But joking apart nobody learns to fly as good as that without a very good teacher - you should be very proud.

Regards David

[Macsgrafs]

Originally Posted by red_z06

Ross:

Thanks for the kind words. My name is Benny and I am Justin's dad. As raven will soon find out that his son will blow past his skills in no time flat as they can learn flying skills on their own. The most difficult aspect of teaching young is how to make them understand what danger is and what the heli can do when they don't understand what death is.

I used to say "What if mommy was in the pit area when that airplane crashes into pits? No more mommy!"

Hi Benny,

Yes the concept of death is very hard for a child to understand. My 6 year old daughter is told, no more mummy, daddy or playing no more anything & you will never be able to see us again, it sort of works but I know they don't understand that well. Wildlife programes can show animal death & that does tend to work quite well as a lion rips into another animal.

Benny you have a great kid there, he looks so tiny when you see him on the youtube videos, my mrs wants to take him home(probably so he can show her how to fly her CX2 ) I'm not going to wish his childhood away, but imagine how he will be if he sticks with the hobby at age 14 upwards....Szabo's will be novices compared to Justin & I'm sure the whole heli community is watching him closely.

Regards to your family, you have done something right my friend & it's so good to see.

Take care
Regards
Ross