All right, after much talk I've decided I'm going to either order a kit or an ARF and just get it together this winter and learn how to fly next year. The models that have been suggested to me are the Sig Kadet LT-40 and the Goldberg Eagle 2, either of which seem to be nice planes. So for my first question I am wondering if anybody has good/bad thoughts on either of those planes.

For my second question, what would be the best engine to get for either of these planes?? I was looking at both the OS .40 LA and the Thunder Tiger Pro .46 (which has also been recommended as a good powerful, yet fairly cheap engine). I've heard a lot of good things about OS, and from what I've seen its a real popular engine, but I'd still like feedback on both of these engines to see which one would be better for me.

Sort of a question: does anyone have any input on the Futaba 4YF radio, its a little more expensive than I could spend on a radio, but it might be worth it.. The servos it comes with on tower are S3004 servos, which I'd imagine are nice, but that is one thing I know absolutely nothing about is servos, so can anyone offer any input on those servos also??

One more question: Without a field box all the tower "needed accessories" come to a little under a hundred dollars, does this sound about right?? I'll make my own field box because I can do that for real cheap, and am trying to tighten all the edges on spending here. So far the whole plane including radio, engine, and all other stuff comes to about $393.49 w/ everything... about $40 cheaper if i build the kit instead (speaking of which, I don't think i need all the building accessories for the ARF, am I correct in assuming this... building accessories meaning glue epoxy all the pins and all that)