Rich,

Once you have tose docs finished. Post a link to them. The views of a new pilot and what he has learned and is learning a very valuable here. As an example, piper_chuck and I came up with checklists to be used for at home and the field before and after flying and they average 50 downloads a week just froim RCU. These are a compilation of what all the members suggested.

Volkan has a great beginners post that is pinned to the top of the beginners forum along with my Pay it Forward thread. I would be more than happy to give you a place to host those docs if you need it. Just PM me

Here is the link for the checklists. They are in both doc and pdf formats. Feel free to edit them for your needs. Most people are laminating them and putting them at there work bench and in their flight boxes

http://www.krcs748.com/checklist/

I agree with the recommendations so far. 60 sized planes are much easier to see and fly but in a trainer the 40 size is not that much different. You will be flying in close anyway and there are tons of great second planes in the 40 sizes that you could transfer the stuff put of the trainer into if you wish to do it that way instead of buying more stuff for the second plane when it comes time.

Do not worry about the multiple questions/post. You are asking great questions and in my opinion following a good path to get started in this maddness/addiction. Just get a bigger limit on your charge card and hand it to the local hobby store (LHS as we call it here).