Looking good Dom.  Very jealous.  I haven't even started yet.  I've had both the LT-40 and Mid Star 40 sitting there waiiting for me to start now for weeks but I've just been too busy with work and family life lately.   Sometimes I wonder why I am taking up this hobby?  I don't think I'll ever get too much time to fly my planes after I finally get around to building them.  I'm going to give it a good push to try and start either this week or next though.  Mind you I've been saying that for ages now!

I think I will end up getting the 7C.  I don't think the missus will be too happy if I splash out for an 8FG but the way things are going, by the time I buy some radio gear, I could probably afford the 8FG.  Good luck with your training and like I said, you'll love the sim.  If nothing else, they are good fun.  I jump on mine for 5 or 10 mins most nights after my boys go to bed just to keep up the whole hand-eye co-ordination thing going.