[sm=wink_smile.gif] One of the few advantages of getting old - you learn things (eventually) and if you are lucky, you can pass the info along.

Scott - if you are at all serious about trying to fly some 1/2A - spend your money on Cox engines and either keep the Testors/McCoy in a collection or sell them to a collector. Yes, some of them MAY run Ok, but they will cause you more headaches than they are worth. The Cox's can be had for about the same money as you will spend on JUST THE GLOWHEAD of the Testor's and will be much less of a headache. If you just GOTTA fly the Testors, then get a Cox anyway and set up the plane around it - you can then switch to the Testors and maybe save a few runs on those glow heads.

Oh, and join this group:

groups.yahoo.com/group/049collectors

That is where the real knowledge resides on .049's.