Sport pilot I am not trying to offend you but I do disagree , I assume this is a teen ager who wants to learn amd looking for mentor advice and a lot of folks were will make suggestions wood and metal shop is now dead in schools this is a learning project and prehaps one day he will get some metal working tools and if not making a whole engine
maybe afew parts at least he is thinking about other things except the X box games in front of the TV These are the type of kids that are willing to learn some other skills and yes
looking for advice friom the folks in it for years this is the next generation modeler and learn some skills rather than out of the box , plug and fly in 20 minutes martn
and of course he should check the woodworking forums also