6 Engines, 2 Holy and 4 Flare as the max you can have.
2 (maybe 4) Ultima Cannons, 2 Thundaga, 2 Thundara and 2 Thunder covers all directions.
All Dispel blocks, and a Curaga cockpit offers best armour. Also, if you have it mostly made of wing blocks, like Tornado and Float blocks then you get great manuverability, and resonable armour too.
At least 2 HasteZ and a ShieldZ block too.
Plus, you'll get plenty of power for your lasers, and plenty of health too. So no problems when you crash into anything, and just holding down the fire button will make everything incredibly simple in Normal, and much easier in Expert mode.