Hello Forum,

I know this has been asked a zillion times, but I wanted to get some input and recommendations on my specific requirements.

First of all I hate how my trainer (tower trainer) flies. I hate the roll coupling, I hate the adverse yaw, and I hate how slow it needs to be to get it to land. Even though I am using aileron differential, the adverse yaw is still bad enough that I need a bit of rudder to make turns look right, but because of the roll coupling I have found myself using opposite aileron in many of my turns. Also, because of the small field I fly at and the very slow stall speeds, I pretty much had to get used to side slipping on each landing. Perhaps I'm being picky, but I'm looking for something that flies nicer.

Now I don't have a ton of money to throw at it right now (I'll have more next summer) so I was thinking about getting a 4* 40 and putting my 46fx and radio gear in it. That would be pretty cheap and it gets me into a better plane that can be upgraded to a 4 stroke later, but every time I read about the 4* people comment on how it flies like a trainer which is exactly what I don't want.

I think I want to stick with the 40 size for portability and cost reasons, so does anyone have a suggestion of an enjoyable plane that doesn't have a lot of adverse yaw, roll coupling, that lands a little faster than a trainer? Or should I build a 40* with one less wing rib?

schu