A full review of the latest kit should be somewhere on this site, so I won't go into a lot of detail, other than to say that I really learnt how to fly with this plane.
| Sig Four Star 40 |
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My love affair with this plane started with
a business trip to the United States shortly after I had started flying. A visit to a
model shop in Louisville ended up with me buying a Four Star Forty, an O.S.40LA to power
it, and a roll of dark red Monokote. The shop owner advised me that this would be an ideal
second plane after my trainer, and how right he was. A full review of the latest kit should be somewhere on this site, so I won't go into a lot of detail, other than to say that I really learnt how to fly with this plane. |
| The quality of the pictures isn't fantastic, as a result of them being scanned images, but I think the classic Four Star lines come through. This model was built absolutely stock from the kit, with no modifications, although I did buy a set of spats which were extras to the kit. These are made by Sig too, and the kit plan shows the recommended part number. |  |
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I probably had over 100 flights on this plane before I got too cocky and tried a cross wind landing. The plane got too slow about 4 feet off the ground, and a gust of wind tipped it onto a wing tip. The plane then proceeded to cartwheel down the tarmac runway, shattering the wings and fuselage. By then, I had other planes to fly, and a rebuild didn't seem worth the effort. |
This page was last updated on 21/02/04
Copyright Jonathan Mead 2002