ORIGINAL: noveldoc
May also want to to reconsider the BTE Venture 60. Bruce Tharpe designed the 4 Star 40 and this plane is a redesign and upgrade to get minor performance bugs out.
It is a marvelously made kit.
Tom
No Bruce Tharpe kit should EVER be your 1st build!!! His kits are so well done that most others will look like scrap wood by comparison. It will spoil, ruin, and delight you - all at the same time.