In putting my Four Star 60 ARF together there were some problems. This may have already been covered by someone, but I didn't find these problems.

I searched on RCU and read about other's problems with this ARF but mine were different.

When pulling the servo wires through, they have to dog leg out of the servo box and through the main spar then they turn and go through a paper tube to the root. Getting the plugs to jiggle around through the spar and make the turn through the paper tube took a little pulling back and forth. As others have mentioned, I recommend taping the strings to the plugs instead of tying them.

They say to use 12" extensions on the servo wires but on mine w/Hitec servos, a 6" extension would have been long enough.

The hold down bolt hole in the wing, on one side, did not match the one in the plywood cover. The covers matched each other and were right. The wing was drilled wrong. Yours may be different?

The tank is installed upside down in the fuselage. It wasn't mentioned in the instructions but the stopper hole goes to the low side instead of the high side. The tank will not fit in the fuselage the other way. The inside vent tube goes the long way. There's a small amount of extra room in the fuslage above or below the tank. You need to pad the tank with foam rubber to hold it vertically and on the sides to prevent twist. This is not mentioned in the instructions. The 10mm sq balsa retainer works fine. The aluminum tubes supplied with the tank would not bend witout pulling apart. I substituted some K-S tubing.

The engine mounts have a top side and a bottom side. The longer mounting tabs go to the top which is the reverse of most situations. It's not mentioned in the instructions. They did mention to use Loctite on the screws that hold the mounts to the fuselage but then they say to not tighten the screws until later.

The landing gear has a front side (tapered) and a back side Straight. The wheel position is too far forward even when the gear is mounted with the wheels farther back but would be worse with the wheels in the forward position. This is not mentioned in the instructions. You will need to land the plane in the three point manner to avoid it bounching back into the air on touch down.

There is a poor fit between the wing and the fuselage. The airfoil shapes are not the same between the wing and fuselage.

The plug at the stab and fin position at the rear of the fuselage was fimely glued in. It took a lot of patience to find the parting lines and to dig out the plug.

There are extra items in the parts bags that the instructions do not mention. For example, where's the fiberglass tape supposed to go?

This ARF appears to have been made by World Models for Sig? They are most likely made in batches and yours may be different from mine which was a early one.

In the instructions, they go to great length about how to install the wheels and axles onto the landing gear. Mine were already installed.

The fuselage cowl cheeks are cut down for a 2 stroke engine with a front needle valve. They should have been left for the owner to cut incase he had a rear needle engine or a four stroke. The Ora Cover is a darker red than normal Monocoat red but the darker red Monocoat seems to match pretty well?

Of all the ARF's I've assembled this one has been the worse with problems.

Yet, It turns out to be a fine looking model.

Enjoy,

Jim