Hi,

Finally went to the hobby store, bought a greatplanes avistar elite .46. RTF for 339$ with OS .46 engine AXII and transmitter. Figured the engine was a good one for an RTF kit.
Will also buy a Four-star 40 kit and build it through the winter (either electric or glow).
I bought the Spectrum DX7S
I also bought the Phoenix 4 RC flight sim, the guys there were adamant that it will probably save me a few crashes.

On another note, do you think it is possible with slow and careful instruction to teach my 5 year old daughter to fly RC?

Thanks all for the help.