Campy,

Good advice. I'm building my first kit and having the servos, motor, and fuel tank is making it much easier to build right. I can get the full picture of the construction as I go along. I would have made some mistakes if I had not had the motor here. I'm putting a FS 56 Saito on a Sig Kavalier, and there are some issues with the motor being rather large for the cowling. I'm having to move the fuel tank some and maybe do some firewall cutting for the throttle linkage.

The only thing that I would add is to try and get the Futaba 7C over the 6XAS. The 6AXS is a fine radio, don't get me wrong. I think that is the radio of choice at my club. I read where the 7C is thought to be the successor to the 6XAS. The 7C has digital trims and stores 10 planes. Also, the 7C is far easier to program. I've seen my instructor program the 6XAS's we use, and the 7C is easier and more intuitive to set up, change rates, etc. If you only have the $$$ for the 6AXS, then don't worry. It is a great system.

Good luck and have fun putting your plane together.