Your engine, plane, and radio selection sound good. Although you might want to go with the LT-40 kit since it is still a VERY easy build. You'll be more proficient at building, and you'll have more fun. Plus you'll be better at fixing it since you knew how it looked before something happened. Don't get me wrong, but eventually you will crash, although maybe not on this plane. I thought that if I was very carful that I wouldn't but you cant control radio or servo failure, and sometimes you can catch a strange gust of wind at the wring moment and doink it. It's your call though, either is a good choice. You just have to have space to build, and the time to do it.

Here is your field equipment:
Get a Hobbico Field Box Complete Combo from your local hobby shop. In case your LHS does not carry it, here is what it includes:

A Hobbico Ultra Tote field box to carry all of your "stuff" in.

A 12 volt DC motorcycle battery with a Hobbico logo on it, and a $10 increase in price...

A 12V DC charger for the 12 volt DC motorcycle battery with a Hobbico logo on it, and a $10 increase in price

A 12 V DC starter to start your engine. Any standard one will work for your first plane. If your planes start to get really big or small you have to get specialized starters for them. You'll also need a rubber starter insert for it. Just get the one that matches your starter.

A Hobbico 300 Deluxe Power Panel to run your starter, fuel pump, and glow driver. It doesnt have to be a Hobbico, just something that banana plug outlets for your starter, an adjustable glow driver plug with a glow plug heat indicator(adjustable so you dont fry your plug), and a 12/6 volt outlet for your fuel pump. I've got this one, and its a good panel. It hasnt given me any trouble.

a Hobbico 12/6 volt fuel pump. It can run on either 12 or 6 volts, but it is so powerful it will blow my fuel lines out on 12 volt so I run it on 6.

A glow plug clip to heat your glow plug from your power panel. It's handy to keep one of these in your field box just in case, but I like the Hot Shot battery powered glow drivers better. It eleminates another set of wires that can get caught in the prop. You need to buy a charger for it like the Great Planes Hot Shot Charger, or you can get one that runs off of replacable C cell alkaline cells.

A fuel fitting set for your fuel tank. They all work about the same, just make sure it has a filter on the end.

Recoil fuel tubing to connect your pump and airplane. Once again, recoil fuel tubing is reciol fuel tubing. Just make sure it is meant for model airplane fuel.



Now, you'll need some miscelaneous tools to work on your plane. Here they are

Metric and Standard hex head screw drivers.

Phillips and Straight Blade screw drivers of various sizes. Instead of going into what specific sizes you need, The Hobbico Ball Tip Hex sets (Metric and Standard) will take care of those, and Craftsman makes a good multi part screwdriver set.

You'll also need some crescent wrenches, and a glow driver wrench. You can pick up the crescent wrenches from a hardware store, and the glow plug wrench from your LHs.

Hope this helps!!

If you aren't sure you'll stick with the hobby...

Aircraft (and assembly tools/glues/screws... as listed in the kit instructions, the shop WILL let you open it if you are definitely buying it.)
Radio
Engine
3 spare props ( total of 4 props... I'd get 11X5 for that engine and aircraft)
2 spare glow plugs
1 gallon 10% nitro "sport" fuel
$10 (appx) manual fuel pump, or $7 "chicken baster" style fuel bulb. (appx $28 "Six Shooter" pump is far superior... but not a necessity.)

Make use of househod tools you already own as much as possible. You probably have a lot of the needed tools already.

Your instructor will have a starter, glow driver and any tools you didn't need for assembling the aircraft. (which probably won't be needed anyway...) He will also have the expanded scale voltmeter (ESV), and other neat gadgets.

Why buy the field kit, starter and so forth if its probable you'll just have to resell them at 30% to 50% mark-down if you drop out of the hobby?

Heck... even long time R/Cer's will borrow each other's starters, glow ignitors and such...

fhhuber, you're good!

He's covered most everything.
A wrench for teh prop is a must, a 6" adjustable works plenty!
save up for the electric goodies, buing one at a time.. Starter, ESV, control/power panel, etc.. Buy what you deem important when you can. (Starter & batter should be first..)

Buy a subsripiton to the magazines! they are a wealth of info!

Buy the glow igniter right away! they do loose their charge, and if you're borrowing your instructors all the time.. (You get the idea)

Don't buy wood props if this is your first plane (they brake easier thant the glass nylon ones..)

Go for a Gel Cell battery. the kind found in home security systems. A lot cleaner than a lead acid battery. Try Radio Shack or the local 'electronics surplus store'

Buy your elastics at a large 'office supply' store. You'll spend a buck or two for a pound of #64 as opposed to $5 for a small hobbico box.

Always bring water tot he feild. Keep yourself hydrated! (That's important wherever you go!)

Bring a box of cookies! a great way to make freinds!

And an old fishing tackle box, or a cheap tool box is more than adequate for lugging all the feild stuff around. I find the 'rc tote usually expencive, and not much room inside..

have fun, and ask the club mates too! As you advance int eh hobby, you'll learn what's required, and what's a gimmic..

dr_wogz
www.aerotech-rc.com

dont buy the kit, IMO thats not a smart choice. Why? more money, then he has to go out buy the covering, hardware, etc., plus for his first time let him get in the air and see if he likes it. When you assemble an ARF your not as attached like a kit is so if you crash it your like.... darn oh well. You crash a kit your looking at all those hours wasted.