Thank you all for your wonderful advise.  I have gotten in touch with a couple of our local clubs and am trying to arrange either a field trip or a site visit here.  I think we will eventually go with the purchase of a couple of the trainers that come already assembled, as the idea with them is not the construction, but really the control.  We have already done small scale design, testing  and calculations on airfoils and wings.  To see some of what we have done, feel free to go to <span lang="EN">

http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/media/829<font size="1"> </font></p></span>We may even be able to work with Georgia Tech to get them into the wind tunnels to get aerodynamic data as well.

Thanks again &amp; I will let everyone know how it goes.  You have all been VERY helpful