hi everyone, I finally made up my mind to get a tower trainer 40 RTF. I've been flying 1/2A and electric planes for about 2 years.
Now for my questions: 1. How do you break in the engine? I dont have any engine experience with anything bigger than an .061...
2. what should I buy along with the plane?
thanks everyone, Jason

I would wait until you can get some help from an experienced flyer. Engines can be damaged very quickly if you run them with the wrong settings. What engine do you have?? [8D]

Just read the instructions that come with the new engine and you will be fine.If you have been fiddling with 1/2a this will be a walk in the park.

Follow the manufacturers break in instructions that come with the kit.
As far as what you need to get into nitro. I would recommend getting a kit if you can afford it.[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXL419&P=0]Nitrokit[/link] [link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXL418]Basickit[/link]
For the basics Bump stick,glow driver, fuel, fuel transfer pump, extra rubber bands, extra glow plug, flight instructor and AMA membership. lol
The Tower trainer is a really nice airplane, welcome to the world of Nitro.

Glad to have another glow pilot joining the ranks! The Tower Hobbies Trainer .40 MkII RTF package is a nice trainer system, and you should really enjoy flying it.

Thunder Tiger offers a really nice basic package of flight accessories in one box for $29.99:

http://www.ehobbies.com/ttr3002.html

Any local hobby store that sells Thunder Tiger can order that for you, or you can buy it through eHobbies.com. Add a gallon of glow fuel to that, and you're pretty much ready to go.

Your Tower Hobbies .46 engine shouldn't require much break-in. As previously stated, read the instructions that come with the plane, but you'll probably end up running one or two tanks of fuel on the ground at full throttle. You start with the engine set rich, and then after it's run for a minute or two you'll turn the needle valve toward peak for about 10 seconds, then back off of it for 10 seconds, then toward peak for 10 seconds again... rinse and repeat. After a tank or two of this, you can just go ahead and fly.

Good luck, and feel free to post back here with any questions.

I'm still saving up for the plane, I just wanted to get the info on the engine and what else to order. Thanks for your responses!
I'm going to get rid of that wood prop it comes with until I get good with it...why would they put a wood prop on a trainer anyway?

A wood prop on a trainer is a terrible idea! The slightest touch to anything while the engine is running will instantly cause it to snap on you. Buy a Master Airscrew prop for training. A 10-5 is a good size if the engine is a 40 size and an 11-5 is good for a 46 size but get a 46! [8D]

Wooden props are at least biodegradable when you chew them to pieces and spit them all over the landing strip. Wooden props are also easier to balance than plastic props, sanding down a fiberglass prop is no fun at all.

If you want some good propellers for a .46-sized engine on a trainer, you should look at the Nexstar props that Hobbico offers. They're $1.99 each for 11x5 plastic props and they come almost perfectly balanced right out of the package. These Nexstar props are cheap and good and ideally suited for a .46 engine on a trainer.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGAK9&P=7