Thanks for the replies guys.

Shawn, I hear ya with the space. I don't have a garage, so I'll have to hang them in my house. The P-51 came highly recommended to me by a former instructor that works at the hobby shop and has trained 3 people on the P-51. I have also talked to several new pilots that said that they learned on a P-51, and highly recommend it as well. From what I've found, traditionalists are the ones that don't recommend the P-51 as a trainer because traditionally, trainers were high wing conventional gear birds that served only the purpose of teaching someone to fly, and not much else.

67Stang, I knew that the "RTF" would need a good bit of work to get going when I bought it (hence the quotes around the RTF). Davis bridge is where I'm planning on going to do my flying. I've already checked out Piedmont, but felt that they were not a good fit, since I want a field that I can fly helis at as well (they don't like helis flying on their field). I thought about Fayetteville R/C, but after talking to the owner of The Great American Gift, Toy, And Hobby Company off of 53 just past I-95, as well as Alan and Paul at Hayes, found that they don't have any active heli pilots at their field, so I decided not to go with them either. I talked to the Davis Bridge Club president, Mark M, this morning. He's supposed to meet me at the field this afternoon. Someone from your club brought flyers to Hayes and I was able to get his number from that. I live near Bragg Blvd., so most clubs in the area are about the same distance from me. I'm going more for what the club has that suits my needs. So far, Davis Bridge is it. Maybe I'll be flying my Yak by the time you get back out there. Take care.