Video of 14yr old flying a trex 700, good 3d skills - I love the landing at the end

[heliward0]

Stefan, in my book, is one of the top UK pilots for sure, and i think a future masters champion, have alot of respect for him and his Dad (craig)
The one of him flying his raptor recently was just awsome

100% agree mate... steffan is one hell of a pilot.

[mark lane]

Yes.... lookout he will be on the world scene for years to come IMO

[simm0]

Stefans travelling over to texas next year.and the should be in the xfc if excepted
as well as the masters of course
thanks guys.

[Birdie4x4]

Lost for words, amaseing, simmo you must be so proud!

[simm0]

yeah i am,thanks for that
im happy hes enjoying himself,hes doesnt hang round street corners and hes a great lad i cant fault him really thats why i try to take him where he wants
but nick maxwell has mentioned coming to texas so we will go there next year,anyone got a part time job on the evening for me ill need it lol
cheers craig simmons

[damiana9015]

Awesome flying! Craig, if I were you i'd be putting the feeler's out for some sponsership from heli manafacturers and modelling shop's etc, to counter the cost's of travelling to event's.

I'm sure a brief demo of the lad flying would convince any sponser to sighn him up!

Best of luck!

[simm0]

there has been offers recently.but i would have to really think about sponsorship carefully.i think sometimes it can put pressure on the pilot and i dont really want that at the moment for stefan,he really needs to knuckle down on the flying without sponsor presure.
i want stefan to enjoy flying what he wants to fly
regards craig simmons

[les1958]

I was there when that video was made at isombridge, and as amazing as it looks on video, its even more impressive to see it live! .
Well done Stef.

[waveydavey]

I thought when Stefan won the clubmans he was going to be sponsored by RJX. What happened Craig, he certainly deserved it. Excellent flying by the way, I wish I had a tenth of the ability

[Mart61]

Awesome flying!

[simm0]

he flew the rjx for a while but at the time the 90 wasnt ready or proved for the masters and we had a few small issues..the 50 was great but at the time the 90 was work in progress
if we were goin for sponsorship it would have to be proper sponsorship and not just a helicopter for free.i mean thats fantastic but not really a sponsorship deal is it
so next time it would have to be from the maker or we wouldnt be interested.to be honest stefans quite happy flying what he likes
free to move with the times/new helicopter
regards craig simmons

[simm0]

stefan is sponsored by
csm products
and flight power

[Bart101]

How long has he been flying, Craig?? Definately a future champ!

[simm0]

hi shaun about 3 years..not sure exactly
but stefan learnt to fly quite quickly but had been involved in helicopters for years,he was called pitboy because he used to fetch and carry for club members.stefan got as good as me really quickly and i was soon out done
stefan has been using simulator since he was about 4ish using a csm v9.i wouldnt let him fly i thought he wasnt mature enough to understand the dangers..but (nightstalker) on here convinced me to let him have a go when we were at the masters.so he started flying when we got home.
ever since then hes nicked all my helicopters and my flying has gone down the panthanks to nightstalker hahaha
cheers guys

[moonmanflyer]

You need to get back on the sticks craig, i hear you use to be bloody good too, father and son flying in comps, now that would be great.
Hoping my lads will follow on, Ashley, is coming on great and is starting to click into place, loves his 600 NSP and flys that upside down more than the right way up now. I expect in a year he would of caught me up, Harry is a bit more causious, but i think it will click into place soon