RonSpencerUK

Yes please

I bet you say that to all the boys

At our field, most folk use a length of strong but soft rope looped around the tail feathers and secured by a stake (old engineer's screwdriver seems to be favourite). El cheapo but mucho effectivo

Hi Shaun True and true about the plastic spinner, but the ali one still looks cooler!

Hi I'm a noob too, and my choice of trainer is the Boomer too. I put the OS46AX up front, and 3" wheels to cope better with our club's grass strip. Also, I didn't fancy the plastic spinner for looks as well as possible problems with an electric starter (but mainly the looks), so I put on an aluminium replacement. I chose Futaba S3004 servos all 'round. This was my first build and it was basically straightforward as described above, however, I used M3 bolts and nyloc nuts for mounting the engine as I didn't fancy the supplied self-tappers. All of the meta-to-metal threads were fastned using (blue) threadlock for extra security. At the flying field, my instructor encouraged me to start the engine manually, as he felt that my electric starter was a bit brutal for a new engine; could have save a pile of loot there! Electric starter and power panel not needed for a start. We put a tank of fuel through then off to the strip for the first flight. nly problems: a bit nose heavy with a full tank of fuel, even though I followed the instructions to balance the 'plane with an empty tank; the spinner came loose and rattled rather horribly. Still, the noise wasn't from the engine. Back at home, the CoG was sorted by moving the Rx battery pack from in front of the servo plate to behind it. Next flight Friday (weather permitting) Good luck to all fellow noobs.

Always wanted to put an engine in a seagull.

I'll be furious if I don't win!