Walter,

Don't feel bad. I used to be a die hard builder too but time contraints, family, a home, girlfriend other hobbies and work all conspire to take time away from building. I've decided ARF's are the way to go. Great value for the dollar today and you're in the air in no time.

My buddy has the T-craft with a G-23. It's plenty of power. Plenty. A Q-35 or G38 would be too much IMO. The airframe is strong enough to take the gas engine and it will fly great at half stick. If you want to get nutty and go full power the airframe will handle that too. My friend's even has smoke. He can fly all afternoon on 1 tank of gas too.

hth

Jeff