WOW!!!! Fast response and EXACTLY the info I was needing. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for your help!!!

And yeah Mark, I know what you mean about time and money, and loosing both...lol. When I was a kid, I got started in all this when my mom bought me my first Guillow's kit and I was hooked. The bedroom my brother and I shared had a hardwood floor and that was my building board. I'd lay my plans on the floor, cover them with wax paper, steal pins from my mom's sewing kit, and commence to building. I tackled several models and even though none of them ever flew, it did give me building experience and I had a ball. By now I know you're thinking to yourself... this kid put pin holes in a nice hardwood floor, and lived to tell about it?!?! Shoot, I was a kid and didn't know any better (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it...lol), and it wasn't until I was older that I noticed the hundreds on little holes in the floor and to this day I'm amazed that moms didn't notice it. I guess if I have kids one day, I'm come home to find my desk drawer glued shut with CA glue, or a hole in the carpet that mysteriously resembles the shape of a covering iron... karma.

Anyway, as I entered adulthood, the bug hit me again, and I succumbed to my addiction that I may need help with... I can't stay away from Tower Hobbies and Ebay... not to mention my R/C ADD. I hadn't even finished my Kadet before I started the Contender... while thinking about what I need to start my Balsa USA NorthStar... and thinking about how I can make that GP Phantom F4 lighter that I bought off of Ebay... and all that is leading me up to my ultimate goal. I bought that 123% JHH Tomcat F14. I've got the kit, and canopy from JHH, and pilots from Pete's Pilots, but those lipos, ESC's, motors, and fans are going to cost me DEARLY (I know I'm looking at $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 for the F14 when all is said and done). But the way I figure it, it's going to take me "awhile" before my pilot skills progress to the point where I can fly the F14, so between now and then, I can buy a lipo here, a motor there, and take my time, spread the cost over a few years, and it won't seem so bad. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I have a LONG, expensive, time consuming ride ahead of me, but I'm going to enjoy every minute of it!!!! And meeting guys like you all and learning from your expertise is what gives me a great deal of joy. Thank you all!!!!