ORIGINAL: Lowlevlflyer
Yeah, if you build the Four Star 60 in it's stock out of the box form, it's fairly tame. Shorten each wing by 1 bay, add 1.5 inches of length to the rudder, sheet the turtledeck, and put a .91 or 1.00 Four stroke on it, and it is FAR from tame. Mine doesnt fly anywhere NEAR like a stock one flies.
Apparently, Brit has never flown one that's been modified much!
Actually I have -- a hot one is tons of fun, but not difficult. If he's going warbirding he needs something with a high wing loading, double tapered wings & plenty of speed -- but not as completely unforgiving as a warbird. The stock 4 * is just a *****cat & a clipped wing & up-powered 4* still hasn't got the right flavour -- its too agile, rather than having the weighty, almost ponderous, but fast-moving feel of a warbird. That's why I like the Ultra-Sport for warbird training. If you load it up with ballast, it can approximate a fighter fairly well, & you still have a really good sport plane afterward (assuming it survives).