i like the 4* better becuase of the aluminum landing gear
modified the SS to be the same..i don't have luck with the
wire landing gear blocks on the wing.
but if the aluminum rips from the fuse..it'll puncher the wing.
wire gears won't do that... but the block might crack.

SS lands a little hotter than the 4*.

i modified a lot of my air ship..
i'm not sure if the diehedral is a factor to why the 4* pitch toward
the gear if ruuder is apply.
i extend and make the rudder to the 4* to make it look like a CAP's
i modified the .40 * verticle stab to have a stock at the TE run the full length
to the bottom of the fuselage..like most other kits such as the .60 4*
i belive by the verticle stab just setting on top of the tail stab would
be weak and flexing can occur when rudder is apply.
i havn't tried lowering the tail stab yet.
i like the way my 4* is set up.. mine pitch a little during a kinfe edge
but i correct it with my thumb.

the SS looks nicer...sheeted or D construction makes for a truer air foil,
but harder to repair and a heaver wing of course.

while the nose of the 4* dosen't look as slick..it's so much easier to have
access to the engine area ....lets say if one of the engine mount screws
came loose..i can easily install a nut to the bottom of the mount at the field.
an SS..i would have to try to install a larger screw or drill a larger hole at home.

the 4* has a weak piont right behind the wing's TE former becuase of the
lighten holes..the SS dosen't have this problem