Sigrun. I`m with you on most everyting you wrote above. He doesn`t need the power of the 91 fx but it is also possible to throttle back a little. Anyway my first recommandation was a light, powerful and cheap engine. Cheap can be good in the beginning to reduce cost of a possible fatal crash. Around here we run alot of ASP, SC and Magnums and have no problems with them. And there actually IS a chanse he could go wrong by the 61 fx, or can you absolutely guarantee that it will not peel its nikel?? This is why I mentioned the 91 fx, almost the same weight and identical mounting space, it has a ring and steel sleeve (no peeling, guaranteed) If the power is not needed just reduse the power on the stick. I had the first bach of 91`s with bad remote needles which gave me alot of deadsticks, but I DO actually do quite some research and as far as I can tell the problems with the 91 fx has been taken care of, mine too:-)