Simon Jackson 2

Thx for the replies. Since I know very little about kits myself I would prefer to get one with everything in it but I quite like the idea of starting my dad off with an incomplete kit and letting him choose the rest of the parts himself. The only problem with this is, will he know exactly what he needs to complete the kit because I wouldn't? I'm quite tempted to go with something like a j-3 piper cub, its pretty much rtf so there's very little building involved which is unfortunate but i've seen a complete package for around my budget and the size and wings seem spot on - from here (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Lee-RC-Models-Dot-Com), what do you think? I still don't know which way I'm gonna go with this yet - either try to get some kind of kit together for him to build or start of simple with something rtf and let my dad take it from there. Its a shame I don't know enough about kits and radio gear to know exactly what i'm doing otherwise i think i'd be interested in doing something like this myself.

Hi there, I'm not exactly sure if i've come to right place but after coming across this forum I thought I'd give it a shot. Basically I'm looking to buy my dad an r/c plane for his birthday. He's has no flying/building experience but I think he would get a lot of joy from both. I think i'm looking for some kind of electric trainer that isn't too big (preferably around 40" wingspan or less) that is easy for a beginner to learn to fly with. My budget is around £70 give or take so I'm wondering if someone could kindly recommend a model. The main problem I've come across (as a newby myself) is that most beginner planes are quite simple and generally ready to fly from the box and I was hoping to find something that my dad could put together himself but then find easy to fly (he's an electrician so he enjoys tinkering with things and would probably not find it too difficult). On the flip side, I've noticed that building from scratch requires lots of seperate parts, and I wouldn't haven't a clue what to buy to get a full kit. Sorry if i'm being too specific here but I thought I'd give as much detail as possible as to get the best recommendation. Also any websites or recommended online shops etc that you could point out would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your help. Simon