I'll second that. I had both the Four Star and the Tiger. The Four Star was the 40 where the Tiger was the Tiger 60. The Tiger 60 came first, followed a year or so later by the Four Star 40.

I kept the tricycle gear on mine, although after a fashion, the nose gear would never stay straight so I converted it to a tail dragger. My Tiger 60 started out life with an older OS .61 SF (I believe it was an SF) engine, and later on, I put a Super Tigre 75 with a tuned pipe on it. The reason for the tuned pipe was that the original equipment muffler was defective. The baffle inside came loose and there was no way to fix it. Super Tiger sent me a new one and about a week after I installed the new one, it too came apart. So, I opted for a Macs tuned pipe. Although the max speed was limited by the design of the airframe, that didn't stop it's vertical capabilities.. pull the elevator for straight vertical and push the throttle to full open and it would pretty much go ballistic.

Anyway, the Tiger 60 was red and very visible. And, that was one tough aircraft. It was my second plane after solo and, well, I think they (second planes) take more of a beating than the trainer did because now, we are trying to improve our skills, usually at the cost of hard landings and so on. The visibility is a good thing because it's much easier to see things, such as flare at landing, actually see the elevator move as it flares and touches down.

So, I too, recommend the Tiger 60.

CGr.