I agree with Rick, good points. do both, then let him decide. or go from one to the other in different conditions, mix it up, might keep him more interested.
mostly teach him the pure joy in shagging chutes. :-) Dave Hauch www.git-r-built.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Eckel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Steifel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "rcse" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Teaching a kid > Jeff, > > In my experience its more important to keep his interest than to worry > about how well he thermals. If he has the basics back off on the teaching > and concentrate on making sure he has fun. If the full house ship will > challenge him and keep him interested - go for it. Kids like to be just > like the grown ups. They are "insulted" if they perceive that they are > being 'talked down to'. (ie. using a 'trainer' airplane) > > My son is now 19 and I've been flying with him on and off (mostly off) > since he was about 8. He likes to come to contests, maybe once or twice a > year, and always says he's going to beat me. So far I've held him off > (just barely). > > I really enjoy when he comes to field to fly but college, buddies and girls > are tough competition. > > Hope this helps > Rick > > > > At 09:17 AM 8/15/2005, Jeff Steifel wrote: > >Ok, my son is 13... I have him on a spirit... I thought I would give him a > >Start flying a poly learn to thermal then put him into a full house ship. > >He doesn't fly much... When he does he doesn't listen too well... (typical > >kid). > > > >He has good sticks, but sometimes doesn't hold up in the turn and starts > >losing altitude... > >He flew my artemis for 7minutes on light air last year... before sundown.. > >Pretty good flight. > >My friend thinks I should move him up.. to full house .. > > > >Should I, or should I let him learn it from the basic floater... I have an > >opinion that he would be better served by a poly.. > >But interest may be held better by the full house... I have 3 ships that > >he can work with. I think he will have more time for mistakes with the floater. > >I am looking for pros and cons to help make the decision to move him > >up... or keep him where he's at. > > > >-- > >Jeff Steifel > > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > >and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > >that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > >with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > >AOL are generally NOT in text format > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
