I've been trying for the last couple of years to get my son to take up this hobby with me, but several things were getting in the way...
The part about crashing my planes was probably the biggest hurdle. He watches me build, fiddle, study the forums, build, fiddle.... all leading up to what seems like a disproportion of flight time. :black_eyed: The thought of wrecking one of my planes made him sooo nervous, that even when I had him on a buddy box, flying a Parkzone Cub, he just couldn't relax and enjoy it.
Along comes the Flitetest crew with that F-22 Raptor video! It was a cool looking plane that would grab my 12 year old's attention. We watched the video together (we watch almost all of the episodes together) and then the build video that JB hosted. I looked at him and asked, "do you think we could do that?" .... I got a confident nod of approval.
So we collected the guts from my old Pico Tigermoth (RIP) and a 6mm depron sheet and started cutting!
- He is the type that wants it to be HIS idea
- He has always been terrified of wrecking one of my planes
- He isn't a risk taker, and was perfectly happy flying his airhogs
- Somehow he got it into his head that this is an expensive hobby
The part about crashing my planes was probably the biggest hurdle. He watches me build, fiddle, study the forums, build, fiddle.... all leading up to what seems like a disproportion of flight time. :black_eyed: The thought of wrecking one of my planes made him sooo nervous, that even when I had him on a buddy box, flying a Parkzone Cub, he just couldn't relax and enjoy it.
Along comes the Flitetest crew with that F-22 Raptor video! It was a cool looking plane that would grab my 12 year old's attention. We watched the video together (we watch almost all of the episodes together) and then the build video that JB hosted. I looked at him and asked, "do you think we could do that?" .... I got a confident nod of approval.
So we collected the guts from my old Pico Tigermoth (RIP) and a 6mm depron sheet and started cutting!