Hey Flyin 40!

Looks like you spent a total of $288 on everything (Not inclusing servos)! That seems like a pretty good deal. Especially since you got a nice radio. You could have spent $100 more for the Nexstar RTF with the engine & radio and servos, basically everything but gas and you probably could have gone out and flown it yourself. Still it looks like you got a great deal on this stuff.


It sounds like your probably a young guy and one thing I realized in this hobby is that the old timers tend to make it out (flying) to be a little more difficult than it actually has to be. If your a product of the video game generation like me you will have the hang of it on day one. The true hard part and where the old timers experience is invaluable is in keeping things working correctly after day one. Things go wrong with almost every flight and you'll need that experience from people to walk you through maintaining your stuff and fixing your problems. But flying you'll probably find to be a snap if you have any knowledge of flight at all.

Also.. You'll definately need some experience in getting your engine running correctly (Mixture)!!!

Have Fun! I have to tell you though it is best if you can afford to crash your stuff and walk away with a smile knowing that you had fun and its only money. You can just build or buy another one. If your spending your last dime on this then it kind of changes the whole experience.