After a few weeks of reasearch and bargan hunting I have made my first Purchase and I would like your guys opinion on my set up. this is my first nitro plane and set up. i have a Super Trainer 60. a lxs-61 magnum engion, and a DX7 spektrum radio system. What do u think? and what do i need to improve this?

sounds like a resonable start,whats your flying history?

iv flown a few electric planes, th areobird challanger and the super cub which i can do some pretty sweet stuff with my cub. the challanger was my first plane (bad idea) it now totaled and used for parts. also the mcx blade which is a blast

Are you going to have someone experienced with glow engine planes to help you with the Super trainer?

i dont know, i know a guy but it may be awhile before he can sit down and work with me. i may just be on my own.

what part of ks are you in?

right in the middle

How far from Wichita? I do flight instruction in Wichita with our local club.

Hogflyer

I hope you do get some help on your first flight. I'd hate to see you end up hurt or with a pile of splinters as remains of your plane. Not only is that Super trainer is going to be faster, snappier, and need more room than the Super Cub or the Challenger, but there are some engine tips and saftey concerns with glow engines that are best taught one on one if possible by an experienced pilot.

Also, coming from the Super Cub, you are probably used to taxiing by steering with your right stick. You will need to practice taxing the Super trainer quite a bit to get used to using your left stick.

im a few hours away from witchata. how much more difficult is gas from electric? and i have tons of space since i live on a farm. flying the mcx has helped a little with the left hand cordination, but i know its not near enough. aslo i usualy didnt taxi with my cub since the wheels were too small for the grass i landed in.

you really need to get the engine run and tuned well,there are a few important things to be adressed,A dead stick will likely result in a crash.try to get someone to go over it after you have done the best you can by yourself.

This is very true. Your first experience with the glow engine can be a real trial by error with about a 50% chance of success.

The engine has to be broken in, which means a specific process to run very rich so that the engine gets "worn in" properly. Then after that, properly tuning the low end as well as the high end can be difficult for someone that has no idea what to do or what is going on with the engine.

Most beginners seem to want to get the maximum RPM out of the engine. That's the best way to destroy it because that usually means running very lean which translates to very hot which translates to a destroyed engine. The flip side of that is running it to rich... it will never run right and never get the right power to fly, let alone take off.

Seek some help from someone that knows a bit about it at least to get you in the ball park for tuning and getting the engine running properly before attempting to fly it.

Your comment about "how much more difficult is gas from electric" shows us that you don't know the differences and there are many. the first is obvious.. it's not gas, it's nitro powered glow engines. Gasoline (gas) has a spark plug and burns gasoline. Glow engines use a glow plug and burns a blend of methanol and nitro-methane with an oil blend. A big difference. With electrics, you hook up the battery and fly it. Not so with glow or nitro powered engines. There is a process that has to be followed even for minimum success.

Take some advice here and get some help at least to show you the differences and how to properly tune that engine before you try to fly it.

CGr.

Trust us on this one, if nothing else, start a thread here and ask for someone in your area who would be willing to help. It would be worth the drive if you went and met Hogflyer and let him help. I already owned just about every Parkzone and Hobbyzone plane there is and was pretty experienced with electrics before I switched over to glow engines. I had someone teach me how to start the engine, tune the engine, fuel and de-fuel, test the glow plug, etc. He also taught me some safety habits with handling the glow plug starter and the plane itself while the prop is spinning.

One training session and a buddy box flight was all I needed to get going on my own, but without that one lesson, I'm pretty sure I would not have succeeded.

If you do want to see if there are any organized RC folks in your area, put your zip code in this page and search 25 or 50 mile radius
http://www.modelaircraft.org/clubsearch.aspx
You may be surprised and find there are relatively local people who would be very happy to help you transition to the bigger and heavier planes.

I drive 45 miles each way to the flying field and it is absolutely worth the drive.