Kudos to you for building your first airplane rather than buying an ARF. There is absolutely nothing wrong with ARFs and I understand that some of them are built really well now. But, building your first plane will allow you to know what is inside that beautiful covering and enable you to repair the airplane if/when it becomes necessary. Someone who buys an ARF for the first airplane would probably be a bit reluctant to rip that covering off and tackle the structure underneath if a mishap happened. Also sounds like you have settled on a good choice of plane and are planning to do things right as far as learning to fly is concerned. You should have no problems in the RC airplane endeavor. Just bear in mind that Jester ain't jesting about a second job just to support your new addiction.[>:][]