Hello all, I am going go soon buy a trainer and want a arf model because i want to put a gasoline engine in it. Has anyone ever done this with a trainer? If so could you please tell me how long it took and what plane was it on?
Thanks in advance.

Aero Works makes exactly what you need. They call it "Trainer GT QB ARF". It is a large high wing trainer intended to be powered with a 20-30 cc gas engine. It has an 88" wing span, comes covered in red and white iron on film with black and yellow trim, sports wheel pants is is quite a hansom bird. It isn't cheap at $449.95 but quality big birds aren't cheap. A fellow flyer had one and I never flew it but it looked like it flew like a larger Kadet senior. If he could fly it, it must have been a good flyer ! Tower Hobbies sells them, check it out

A lot has to do with what displacement class of gas engine you wish to use. The ship Larry points out above at Aeroworks I am sure is a superb choice in the 20 to 30cc class. I have owned and flown a few Aeroworks ships and they are top notch.

Now if you choose a slightly smaller class of trainer then the Sig Senior 'Cadet is agine a superb choice and argualbly the most successful trainer ever. It is slightly smaller than the airplane suggested above at 80 inch wingspan but is also much more economical.

http://www.sigplanes.com/SIG-Kadet-S...ARF_p_209.html

There are at least three cadets flying at my field with the OS 15cc gas engine and it is dead reliable as well as being easy to start. I use mine for several years now on a Cadet float plane but make no mistake it is a Senior Cadet. Here is picture of that ship with the 15 cc OS:




John

We've been using Giant Big Stiks as trainers for our club.

They work great, have held up very well, have easy parts availablity and when dialed up are used for demos, etc.

They may not be the standard "trainer" fare, but if you are getting help from an instructor it is worth considering a Stik as a trainer.