Don, There are a bunch of threads on here about this plane and its brother the 94in edge.

Motor, well everyone will have a opinion on that, I liked it with the ZDZ 80.
Electronics, I have done them all different ways, 2 receivers, Smart-Fly system (my favorite), simple system with Y's.

Basically it all depends on how much you want to spend, there have been a few ZDZ's in the MArket Place and if you can get one under $500 jump on it. There have also been a couple of the 3W's and a DA but don't know the status. Also the other site FG has some on the plane. My last one came in at 20.12# with a ZDZ and a simple set up, don't try to lighten it up with carbon because it is almost too lite already and doesn't like to land. If you have any questions or need some solid input you can send me a private note any time, we at Fox were distributors for Lanier and I flew everything they made and the Yak was totally bad arse.