Welcome,

First of all, I have flown the Senior, the regular Kadet, the Kadet Jr, and the Seniorita. They are good planes. The Senior is a very slow airplane. It is a hoot. But it isn't very "wind" friendly. If it is windy in your neck of the woods, the senior may not give you good utility. I would actually recommend the regular Kadet.


A four channel radio will work fine. They generally don't have the bells and whistles like the 6 channel radios do. My Attack 4 radio, the cheapest radio that I own is in a rather expensive model, Ercoupe. It just didn't seem right to have a fancy radio in an Ercoupe. Anyway, the 4 channels don't usually have dual rates or another feature common to 6's that adjust the endpoints of the throttle servo. Both of those features DO make radio installation easier. Almost all radios come with servo reversing now and that helps greatly.

As for engines, my opinion is this: Buy a premium top brand engine. This is the component that determines if you are going to have fun or if you are going to have headaches. Spend the extra few dollars. They are all CNC specs now, the top brands cost more because you are paying for the metals in the premium names. A good engine last a very long time, decades, so buy the best. I run OS Max and can recommend them.

The ceiling tiles are a great idea. That is what I use. How did you figure that out on your own ?

Unlike the little peanuts, the RC's use a variety of glues including Epoxy. Not much, but in a couple of key places.