Hello all! A while back I posted asking advice on a second plane. Well, I had decided on the Sig Somethin Extra ARF (Purple).

I have been flying an LT-40 for several months. Never had an incident. Even kept the same prop throughout training (an excellent trainer btw). I moved all of the equipment from the trainer over to the SSE. This included a .46AX 2-stroke swinging an 11x6 MAS prop.

Today was a beautiful day here in OKC. Close to 80 degrees and no wind. So I decided today was the day to maiden the new plane. I had set the radio up for duel rates. For the high rates, I used what Sig recommended for the low rates, and for the low rates, I used 60% of what I had set for high rates. Luckily, not additional weight was needed to balance the plane.

I had one of the LHS owners, who is a member of our club, maiden the plane. The plane flew beautifully. The only thing that was recommended was to add 30% expo to both high and low rates.

Moment of truth: Took off with a little up elevator, and the plane climb as normal. Took it way up and purposely stalled it. The plane just dropped the nose slighly. Went to high rates (recommended lows in the sig manual, remember) and never looked back. Had a lot of fun doing rolls. It rolls about once every second. Did some tight loops, cuban eights, etc. The addition of expo seemed to really help. It was definately twitchier than the LT-40, but was very controlable. I was glad that I added two large red squares to the under side of both wings, since with the ARF, bottoms and tops look the same.

Landed with no problem. Bounced a little bit, but still okay. It seemed to desend a lot smoother than the trainer. Also lands a little hotter (I've heard it can land as slow as a trainer, but I was tending to come in a little too hot, just need to get used to the plane). I think I may try a 12x4 APC prop to slow it down just a little.

I have had a ton of sim time (G3) and have been practicing with the more acrobatic plane. I think this helped a lot with the surprise of the faster roll rates.

Overall, an excellent plane. Brought it home in one piece. This is going to be a fun plane! I can't wait to get more experience with it and improve on my flying precision!

Thanks!