ORIGINAL: johnny_gr2001
I would like to hear your opinion about SIG Four Star as a Trainer.
It will be ok for a newbie to control this plane or not. I have read that it is stable as a Trainer, slow as a Trainer with better landing approach.
I am thinking for a 60 with a OS 70 II.
Please, i would be very happy to read your opinion.
The Four Star is acclaimed as a great second plane, and I concur.
The training process demands either an instructor, or a very forgiving plane, or a student with skills gained elsewhere. With a good instructor, I would think the Four Star could be a great instruction plane.
Learning the basics is best done with a slow flying plane, and the Four Star can fly slow. If you don't get in trouble, or if you have an instructor, the Four Star will be fine.
Trainers can also fly slow, are easy to get out of trouble ("save"), and can do basic aerobatics, but with limitations. Four Stars can fly faster, and are more nimble (less stable than a high wing trainer.)
The odds of the plane surviving the training process are enhanced by :
-flight sim practice
-an instructor
-use of a stable plane
-lots of practice.
The plane I use for instruction is a high wing trainer type. It will do anything the student is capable of, at that stage. If a student wants to bring a low wing aerobat, I'll give him time on my instruction plane first. That's my choice, othes may differ.
Good luck,
Dave Olson