G'day all,

I am a new to the hobby, i have been flying now for around 3 month i have an excel 2000 that i throw around in the air loops snaps stalls and so on, i picked it up quick because i found that the RealFlight G3 helped in speeding things up to an extent i was solo flying within 5 lessons i have a no fear atitude i figure if i crash then i will learn from it, i have a bad habit of flying around 2-3 feet off the ground, its something i need to break because its going to get me in trouble one day, my instructor keeps saying to me height is your friend how true it is (plenty of recovery time) just not for me hahaha, not to worry like i said i need to break this habit of mine.

Now here is where i "jumped in the deep end" i need some advice as my instructor has gone away for awhile i got my second plane, i am getting very bored with the excel 2000 trainer so my second plane i got is a SUKHOI SU31 hehe yep for my second plane! i hear alot of you saying im insane but ill say this, i am only building the SUKHOI SU31 (Black Horse ARF) NOT flying it on my own just yet i will have my instructor do that for me take off and land throw it around abit see what it can do then hand the controls to me so i can get a feel for it not take off or land not for awhile atleast, Now throwing it all together i have come across a problem with mounting the engine, how do i find centre? the manual only shows me what it will look like when it is mounted and not how to get it to that stage and help on this would be great its the only thing stoping me from finishing off the SUKOI SU31, i looked around at afew websites and they said the motor has a templet to mount the engine but mine does not the recomended engine for the plane is a 46, when i got my trainer i was given a MDS .48 so ill just use that motor.

Cheers guys Thankyou for reading any advice would be great and tips ta boot, take care and happy flying!