Kerry,
You are right, the plane will be higher and farther away than the small electric Wings is used to. I have no doubt Wings will be able to fly it around.

That's one thing that might have gotten lost in some of the recent threads about glow vs electric. Flying the glow powered trainer around isn't hard at all, and I don't see any problems there.

Taking off and landing, however, are a different story all together. As is the inital trimming and tuning of the engine and controls. Things happen close in and low on take off and during landing. The LT40 is a floater by glow standards, but still comes in much faster than a park flyer on landing. And during takeoff, the plane is at full power and trying to accelerate to flying speed. Some guys manage to take off on their own with out help, but many rotate too soon and stall, or drop a wing and carwheel. If they are lucky the plane is close to being in trim. If it's not, the first few turns can be a wild ride as the engine is still pulling hard as the pilot is trying to get altitude in a hurry, but the airspeed is still on the low side due to the rate of climb. Most beginners climb out way too steeply, making some of this worse.

All that said, I'm not saying it's impossible to learn to fly on a glow trainer with out help, just that it's hard. Flight time on an Aerobird will help, quite a lot actually. But an LT40 or any other trainer is different, and things do happen faster, so you have to be ready for that.

Life is just a lot easier if you get someone to make the first flight on the plane for you, help get the engine running right, and allow you to get used to flying it with out the pressure of taking off and landing right from the start. Someone who has a lot of time on park fliers might find themselves soloing on a glow trainer in a day or two if things go well. But why risk a bad crash if help is available?