Large planes are not at all difficult to set up, just a little different from what you have experienced before. The hardware has to be larger and stronger out of necessity. Wildhare, and some of the other distributors, make available all the better hardware for large scale applications. Once stepping up to giant scale the days of shopping at Tower for the budget priced and average or lower quality products are behind you.

You're plane will only be as good or as reliable as the equipment used in it. This most definately includes the quality of the servos used. Go cheap and hope for the best or go with known quality and rarely suffer failure. It's a personal decision but saving a couple hundred dollars to risk over a thousand is not sound business decision making. The same holds with gas engines. You can go shopping and come up with some great China direct prices but when things go wrong, they stay wrong. Go to a U.S. dealer for the engine of your choice that has a known reputation for good service. There are some real good ones out there. You'll pay a little more but you'll have the assurance that if you need repairs or parts, someone will be there to service your needs.

For the record, I'm a dyed in the wool Wildhare supporter, and after owing and flying nearly everyone of their products, feel that you cannot go wrong with the quality, service, or pricing. You can pay more for a plane but you will be hard pressed to find one that flys better. Better still, you can "one stop shop" for most everything you'll need or want to get the plane in the air, saving a lot of time and money in product searches and shipping charges.