Yea I know this plane has been built hundreds of thousands of times and this will be my fourth one. The last one I was building I never finished since I was moving, had to clear some space and gave it away. I just have a soft spot for the LT40 and was almost considering buying some sort of ARF just to get back to the field, but the LT40 kept calling me back. It's like my home plane. The one I am most comfortable with and know the best. So, Ill be ordering the kit tomorrow and be putting two other kits on the back burner for now. My goal is to have it finished by April 2013 when hopefully the winds die down here and yes, I will be bashing the kit.

Power will, and always will be a four stroke and most likely a Magnum 52. Ive had pretty good luck with Magnum 4 strokes and the cost is much less than Saito or an OS. My plan is to build this as a tail dragger with a bolt down wing. I plan on reducing the dihedral down to 3/4" and take one bay away from each wing. I also plan on slightly increasing the control surfaces by adding 1/4" tristock to the leading edges not only to increase control, but lessen the sanding required on the leading edges. The hard part is, I HATE those sticker windows that come with the kit, so I'm gonna try to beef up the structure around the cut outs where the windows will be at and this will be an engineering challenge since I plan on using a bolt down wing design. Removing the material for the windows in that area will create some weak spots and I will have to figure out how to distribute those new found loads.

Most likely I will be using some Ultracote I already have for my 4*60. The colors are lime and apple green. I will probably use some Monokote in yellow for trim using the Windex method. I like the idea of the greens combined with a hint of yellow.

And yea I know, the LT40 has been built to death many times, but I enjoy it and it's either this, or an ARF. I choose to beat the dead horse.