I think joining a club would be great. There is one; we don't know anyone there yet but it really makes sense to join.

The plane is a Tower Trainer 40 from Tower Hobbies. My wife bought it, as I mentioned, 15 years ago. She got advice from someone at the time who told her what transmitter, engine, etc. to get and she got EVERYTHING. But then we both got incredibly immersed in careers and business; and then kids were added to the mix and we just never found the time for the plane. it ended up just sitting in the basement for 15 years, until one of the kids got to be 13 years old, and extremely interested in engineering. He's determined to go to MIT, he loves the idea of building things like this, and now he's trying to do it.

I'm really impressed at how quickly people here are responding to my newbie questions. What a great community!

Thanks,
Gary<br type="_moz" />