Yeah, but he's gonna fly the engine anyway. Might as well be in a plane he can actually put together and have a good chance of flying. Pretty sure that engine cost more then the Phoenix Model but then that is usually the case with Phoenix. Nice planes, low cost. BTW You're going to need a few special items to build any plane such as a trim iron, exacto knife with a lot of extra blades, two part epoxy, CA, 1/16" drill bit in a thumb vise, or one each individual that has built planes before and owns all of that crap already. Of course, if you do that, you'll still want to buy your own for the second one you build.