I know everybody has their favorite engine brands, and OS is pushed by Tower and they're good engines..... But when guys are on a limited budget, what are the options?

When I learned to fly, I bought the cheapest engines the LHS had - Enya .40SS - which was a bushed engine with air-bleed carb. The engine freaks shook their heads at me. But the old engine freaks said "Good choice. Once it's broken in, it'll last forever." And it did. Stone reliable, same RPM after 4 years, no issues. Wasn't the most powerful thingy, but I ended up buying another one, and they flew all the .40 stuff I had, including my clipped-wing Goldberg Cub, the same Cub with a full wing and floats (different prop, thankyouverymuch), would hover my Balsa USA Stik for a short time.......

So - are there any horrible engines left? I value reliability and easy handling over sheer power. Fox's are reliable, but hard to tweak when you're a beginner....... what else?

A good idea to always to and I did this also is to go to your club and see what people are selling second hand! So since you have a Engine and a plane but not to sure about the radio bring it all in and get people to check it out (just like everyone said). At one of my clubs fields they have a bulleton board where people have ads for stuff they are selling! If all ends up good and everything you have is in running condition and you ave a ton of money left over now since you do not have to buy a radio buy some starting equiptment! I suggest since your just starting buy the main stuff, Glow ignitor, chicken stick, electric 12v starter, 12v battery, fuel, guel pump (manuel) and extra fuel tubing! I have a Super Tiger .45 on my Tiger2 right now and it's an amazing engine! The supertiger is a very reliable engine and a great running and I think you will have some good times with it!

**Sorry for any spelling mistakes I'm very tired lol**