How long did you play around with flight simulator before you actually put your drone in the air?
Great idea/plan thank you. We probably will be better at flying then I will be. Thus my plan is to buy two of the same drones and gift him with one right after I think he is competent. #phantom4proX2I used it for an hour or so. I found it useful for getting a feel for the controls and control combinations for making the drone rotate an object manually while keeping the subject in frame. It is a bit 'tacky' but useful for learning the controls. I'd say let him play with it until he gets bored with the simulator and then let him fly.