Hello theguitar please allow me to also welcome you to the forum, I think you are going to love your introduction to glow powered fight and you have a good start with what I believe will be a fine trainer for you.

Concerning engines please allow me to start first what would be at the very top of my shopping list if I were you. That would without a doubt be two engines both of which would be perfect combinations for your airplane and they are the OS 55AX OR the OS 65AX. These engines are without a doubt the most trouble free and user friendly out there. They are expensive and for that reason they almost always are shouted dowm on the forums. However if you consider the cost in lost flying time due to cranky engines that extra cost now seems quite economical. You wander most any flight line and this user friendliness of especially the OS AX series become obvious.

Now for a slightly cheaper engines my second choice is of course the already mentioned Thunder Tiger .61 Pro and yes I would only consider the Pro model as it is a fine runner and agine I believe a better choice than the cheaper TT model.

At the bottom of my list are the ASP,s and the Maqgnums. Why? Good question engines that are cheaper because of lower levels of quality control are always a crap shoot. Some will be excellent (and I have some excellent examples of both) but many will be boat anchors. So true modelers who are experienced engine enthusiasts can squeeze champaign from a grape but many new folks can only squeeze vinegar.

Only just my opinion

John