There's nothing unsafe about a chicken stick. The name stems from those using the stick being to "chicken" to use their fingers. The whole point of a chicken stick is safety, so that you don't have to use your fingers in the prop arc.

Papa, MB is pretty much right on the money. If you think you'll only need $10 CDN in glue you're dreaming. That's a couple ounces of CA, and you're going to need more than that. Along with a couple kinds of epoxy. And fuel proof paint. And foam rubber. And... and... and... the list goes on.

Have you gotten your dad involved in this yet? Have you decided to find a local club? If you haven't done either of those, this is the last bit of help you'll be getting from me. If you don't do those two things we're just wasting our time here.