Hello guys, my name is Alfredo, I am new at the hobby and new at this forum. I am stuck and would like to know what your thoughts and advice for a guy are that is on the verge of leaving the hobby, before I even started yet, and for the most stupid reason. I am a newcomer to the RC hobby, and frankly, the experience has been incredibly discouraging—not because of the cost of the planes or the crashes or the time spent in reconstructions, but because of the broken training process. Relying on club volunteers is frustrating; you are stuck on their schedule, and often, their help is biased or full of ego.
In my short time, I have already experienced:
1.- An instructor who couldn't set up a "buddy box," so he made me fly my plane the old way in 15mph wind conditions, short story the guy was to slow to yank the control off my hands. I crashed it less than two minutes into its maiden flight. And all he said was "Sorry we should not have flown that plane in this weather"
2.- A club president who told me I wasn't going to find a buddy box train with "That ****ty transmitter" (Spektrum DXs radio that came with the RTF plane), his words!
3.- An instructor who saw my little Aeroscout refused to teach me because he "hates foamies" and basically told me to come back when I have a "Real plane"
4.- Then I found this consistent and willing instructor, but he spent hours incorrectly "fixing" my gear, creating technical problems that didn't exist before, while limiting my actual flight time to just 3 minutes per session, 3 sessions per day twice a week (nothing much for a hobby that requires consistent results every time). Besides, the guy has messed with my two planes and my NX8+ radio. Kind of a Munchausen syndrome for rc planes; always forcing me to make physical changes on my plane and radios.
This volunteer model does not work for me, and do not get me wrong all of those guys are doing this out of the goodness of their heart, and nobody can complain but????
I would like to have a professional solution. I am looking for a private instructor (if it exist) whom I can pay for their time—someone who will provide consistent, high-intensity training without the gear snobbery or the time-wasting. I am ready to learn and willing to pay for a dedicated teacher to help me solo at a reasonable pace. There is this guy with a wonderful Training School in Wisconsin. I cannot believe that in Florida, where the weather is incredible all year long, there is not one, go figure! I am so committed to learning correctly that I am willing to go to any place in Florida to accomplish these objectives. I am semi-retired so I can even stay at any place for days if needed. Some guidance please. Thank you and please be gentle this is my first time in this forum (and English is not my first language), LOL. Love the forum, the time I have spent reading and searching, has been rich in valuable info.
Thank you
In my short time, I have already experienced:
1.- An instructor who couldn't set up a "buddy box," so he made me fly my plane the old way in 15mph wind conditions, short story the guy was to slow to yank the control off my hands. I crashed it less than two minutes into its maiden flight. And all he said was "Sorry we should not have flown that plane in this weather"
2.- A club president who told me I wasn't going to find a buddy box train with "That ****ty transmitter" (Spektrum DXs radio that came with the RTF plane), his words!
3.- An instructor who saw my little Aeroscout refused to teach me because he "hates foamies" and basically told me to come back when I have a "Real plane"
4.- Then I found this consistent and willing instructor, but he spent hours incorrectly "fixing" my gear, creating technical problems that didn't exist before, while limiting my actual flight time to just 3 minutes per session, 3 sessions per day twice a week (nothing much for a hobby that requires consistent results every time). Besides, the guy has messed with my two planes and my NX8+ radio. Kind of a Munchausen syndrome for rc planes; always forcing me to make physical changes on my plane and radios.
This volunteer model does not work for me, and do not get me wrong all of those guys are doing this out of the goodness of their heart, and nobody can complain but????
I would like to have a professional solution. I am looking for a private instructor (if it exist) whom I can pay for their time—someone who will provide consistent, high-intensity training without the gear snobbery or the time-wasting. I am ready to learn and willing to pay for a dedicated teacher to help me solo at a reasonable pace. There is this guy with a wonderful Training School in Wisconsin. I cannot believe that in Florida, where the weather is incredible all year long, there is not one, go figure! I am so committed to learning correctly that I am willing to go to any place in Florida to accomplish these objectives. I am semi-retired so I can even stay at any place for days if needed. Some guidance please. Thank you and please be gentle this is my first time in this forum (and English is not my first language), LOL. Love the forum, the time I have spent reading and searching, has been rich in valuable info.
Thank you
I know an outstanding 3D pilot who probably spends a good 10 hours a week on a simulator and I would consider him an excellent-professional RC pilot yet he's always practicing on a simulator. I should do more myself but too often just get lazy. A friend who I met in college in a Masters program was a lieutenant in the air force and they were paying for his masters degree. He was also in charge of the flight simulator at the Homestead Air base just 30 miles south of UM where I met him. He let me see the simulator in use a couple of times, WOW, how cool, and that was when they still flew F4's (unfortunately I wasn't allowed to get in it while operating-which makes perfect sense) and I found that their best pilots spent almost 10 times as many hours in the simulator as opposed to actual flight. If it helps those guys, I'm jumping on that wagon. 
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