Hi again impulse,

Please don't use your finger to start the engine. Most of the time it won't start anyway.
It cost nothing for someone to let you use a starter.

You can rig up a big squirt bottle for almost nothing and a glow starter is not too expensive.
Getting a battery is something that you can find around also. Most people use a motorcycle or lawn tractor battery.

For the whole package to get flying it will cost about 40 bucks, and that is with fuel. Get a cardboard box or design your own fight box.
The best way to make this happen is just to ask if anyone has one for sale cheap. There are lots of them around.

The way it works is someone at the club knows someone who has a bunch of stuff and wants to sell it. He buys it and has stuff he wants and stuff that he doesn't need.

The stuff is too good to throw away but not good enough to use (he has a great box already). So what is the answer?

It is not worth much to people who already have the stuff and how many power panels and starters, and fuel pumps can you use. Lots of stuff is of lower class and after a few years you will change out to better and much more expensive stuff, and getting rid if stuff that is taking up space in your airplane room is hard to do. Airplane guys are pack rats by nature.

We had a guy show up at our field with the plane combo that you are talking about, and after making contacts has made deals that I can not believe. They won't sell me the stuff because I would just be collecting it and not using it.

The last thing to keep in mind is that as popular as the sport is, there are not that many of us around. When you actually begin to fly you will be talking about it and people will be talking about you.

Deals from people who bought a bunch of stuff and then crashed right away because they wanted to do it alone or never got it built are everywhere, and those people will seek you out with some fantastic deals. The world is full of half finished planes with all kinds of equipment.
If you have the cash then get what you want, but on a shoestring you will want to keep your eyes and ears open.

Lots of broken dreams out there. That is why I am trying to show you a way to get into this sport without getting your dreams crushed.

From as long as I can remember I have loved the thought of flight and I always wanted my toys to really work. There are lots of interests that this hobby lets you expand on, but the fact is that some of us would do this even if we had to do it alone.
For those guys to see another of our kind is rare and if you are one, they will know and will help you along.

MR Flyer57