I just got to say Today I decided to let a group of 9 year old cub scouts put together an Aeon clock kit. I went through in soldered a few components on before they started but each boy (13 in total) got to solder a couple of things on there. They learned how to solder properly, and basically how to work with electronics. They loved it, there were even a few fathers that were peaking over shoulders taking in the lessons. The boys had a blast and thankfully it worked, I had to make a couple of revisions without it being blatently obvious to the group, but none the less they did well.
As a former Eagle Scout and a veteran, I took over my son's cub scout den at the beginning of this school year. I got to say their little book just begs for the meetings to be boring so I have been shaking things up to make the meetings fun and exciting. The enrollment shot up from 7 to 13 boys when I took over. I guess once some of the other boys realized that a baseball coach and martial arts teacher took the helm that it wasn't just for a certain group of kids.
Next week they get to tour some underground mines from a quarry in our area, yeah I like these things as much as they do. Plus I am looking forward to giving them some one on one tours of small aircraft at the local airport where my father and I's plane sits. It doesn't hurt to live in a small town.
Thanks to all for making the Lynx Aeon so easy that a group of 9 year old boys could do it.
Corey