mouthpiec, I think you did well with this used airframe. It looks like a good one to me. It also looks like bruce did indeed find the correct manual to go with it for you.

I enjoyed browsing the Malta Air Museum. They have some wonderful looking old Warbirds!! Malta looks like a fun place to visit.

I also looked at the flying club you will be joining. It looks like a good club with some very definite ideas about safety & certifications. This is good because these things can be dangerous in the wrong hands.

Please let us know which engine you decide on. I'm thinking a matching Thunder Tiger Pro .46 might just be the ticket. It is a little more reasonably priced than the OS.46AX & in my opinion just as good in quality an engine, with maybe just a little more power.

http://www.thundertiger4u.com/pro46-...ft-p-7527.html

As you can see from this link they are $89.99 here in the states. I'm not sure what your price would be there in Malta. I have been very impressed by this engine. I don't own one yet but I have a few friends that have them & everyone of them are great runners with very nice smooth, reliable idles. As for power I believe they have more than my OS.46FXI engine & my other friends OS.46AX as well. Another thing I like about them is something I just noticed while putting up this link for you. If you enlarge the pic you will see that instead of using a remote needle valve to move the tuning needle away from the prop, they simply put the needle into the carb at an angle. IMO this is the best of both worlds. It moves the needle back for you so you don't whack a finger while tuning, but without using a flimsy remote needle valve bracket which I have found crack fairly easy from the vibration of an rc engine. This is just my 2 cents worth on the engine. I will be giving one of these Thunder Tiger Pro engines a try for my next new engine.

Keep us posted on your progress & good luck with everything.