I picked a Tower Hobbies Tower Trainer 40. It's a great plane. I'm pretty sure Great Planes makes it for Tower. I put a Tower .40 ABC engine on it but now I wish I went with something bigger like a Magnum XLS 46(my club's pet engine). I got my plane as a kit and assembled it this past winter. It flies absolutely fantastic. The plane kit was $55.00. Engine $50.00. Covering $13.00. I bought a 4 channel Futaba radio system for it - $140.00. At first I figured I'd save a few bucks and buy a used one from ebay. What a mistake that was. Before I was hit in the head with a 2x4, I bought two used radios that both sucked. I did get some money back out of them but I just went to my hobby shop and bought brand new. I'm not going to say not to but I will NEVER buy a used radio unless I know where it came from. I'd say that all together, without the radio debacle, I spent around $550.00. I haven't actually added up the receipts. It's all of the little stuff that adds up. There's a ton of little stuff.