BackAfter20,

I agree with you to a certain point about the radio, I mean if I was to start flying and for some reason decided that I didnt like it I would of course be looking to sell my equipment. I dont think thats going to happen but I feel a basic 4 channel which I have priced in the $150 range (something decent) would actually end up costing me more.
For 1 the basic radio would be harder to sell unless I found someone just getting into the hobby. On top of that if i decide to stay with it and move on to others planes I will have to get another radio. So now I would have the $150 radio which would basically be worthless to me and have to throw another $250 down for the new one. At that point I would have $400 in radios.

Now I realize someone is going to say that they still have there basic 4 channel and still use it years later.
Thats great that its still in use, but I figure that getting a decent computerized radio that has all of the functions that a large amount of flyers like is a better bet.
In most cases your right I wont use most of the functions of the computer radio on the trainer. Keep in mind though that I plan to start buliding my second plane before I even finish learning to fly..lol
The Radio I have selected is the Futaba 6XAS, I realize this is not the pinacle of the computer radios, however it seems to have all the features I would ever need. It is a PCM radio which comes with a FM rec. which would be compatible with training systems.
One of my main buying points was to have PCM, which the radio will do if you purchase an additional 1024 PCM rec.


As for the gap on the ailerons, it is very very small, I dont think it will cause any problems. Maybe I can take a picture of it and post it up here tonight.

For the time being, here are some pics of the planes.

THanks

Dbow