I might as well stick my nose in it too. Just being a busy-body.

First, if you stick with the regular 8-oz tank, you'll be fine with a .46. I'm not sure that a 12 oz tank will fit in the compartment. If it doesn't, you'll be OK with 8 oz.

If you were going to make any mods, you might consider some Dubro #789 landing gear (TH #LXNM65). You'll beat up your regular wire landing gear.

The LT-40 builds tail-heavy anyway, so you may want to minimize what you put aft of the CG. Adding everything for a tail dragger setup will cause you to add a lot of nose weight. I learned on a trike and fly a tail dragger now.. I'll vote nose-wheel for the first plane. It's one less thing to think about on take-off, and the plane will be lighter because you'll put in less nose weight.

If you still elect to go with a tail dragger, I put the MLG mounting block just aft of Former #2 - they actually touch. Perhaps the problems that others talk about might have something to do with the location of the MLG, I'm not sure. Or the MLG aren't 'square' to the fuse so that the plane doesn't track well on TO and landing.

The LT-40 is probably the best trainer you could have picked. Great plane. Your radio is a good choice (the 7CAP or the 6 EXA). I started with the 6 and have graduated to the 7 myself. Good rigs.

I just saw the discussion and couldn't help dropping in and adding my $.02. I've had a few LT-40's. Even after you 'graduate' you'll still keep coming back to it for times when you just want to bore holes in the sky.

Bob