If the guy doesnt have money for a wing and tail for an aerobird,,he sure as heck doesnt have the money to join a club or the AMA or a sim..save up enough for a decent 4 channel radio and get the cub in the air, get a few extra battery paks and you can use your wall charger to slow charge them, just take things slow and gentle,,,I started back with the GWS pico stick , now unless that norvel was run too lean it probably just needs to be degunked and cleaned up as it is not a reed engine,,or it may need a glow head,,a cox glow head will work on it if you have one..and you can get in the air for waaaaay less than $500......Rog