Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and words of advice and encouragement. The 'fly' part of this project was meant for an experienced pilot to be in control. At first, I thought I would fly them all, but that would be about as bad as letting students pilot the craft.

There's an rc park a couple miles from my place, so I'll be there picking your brains and hopefully not become too big of a pest. Maybe I might be able to talk one or two of you into being the project's (volunteer) 'Chuck Yeager'. Sorry, my budget is not big enough for paid test pilots.

I'll be working on a 'proof of concept' model, so I'll be back with more questions.