Originally posted by FLYBOY
Some kit cubs really suck, others are really great. The Goldberg anniversary cub has to be the best cub ever built. It flies great, builds great and is easy to take off and land. The sig cub is from my experience, one of the dogs. It was a pain on the ground, and didn't fly that great. The great planes cub is OK, but doesn't fly as well as the Goldberg. They are close, but not equal. The balsa USA 1/4 scale cub is good, but I wouldn't suggest it for a second plane. These are all the build up kits. I don't care for ARF kits. There is just no quality in them. You have to modify landing gear and firewalls most of the time and they just are not built well IMHO. If you build it, you can incorperate hardpoints for floats and clip the wing if you feel like it.
If you just like touch and goes, build the goldberg and you will love doing pattern work. I do aerobatics with it as well and it does quite a few things you wouldn't expect a cub to do.
I'd like to upgrade my GP 60 cub to a 1/4 scale. Would you care to tell us why you didn't like the SIG cub? I've seen a couple fly and they looked to fly and handle on the ground just fine. Looking for more info, not an argument. The Balsa USA kit is an option, of course. The Goldberg just isn't big enough.
thanks