RE: Whats the difference of flying a highwing vs. lowwing?
One question that I have is what is the low wing plane that you have in your hanger? Even low wing aircraft can have very different handling characteristics from one to the other.
A high performance low wing plane, for instance, will be faster, more 'slippery' (meaning that it will be less inclined to slow down as you reduce throttle and thus come in faster on approach). And, the typical difference would be how the wing tends to stall. Different configurations will have very different stall issues.
Most high wing aircraft, and the World Star 40 is a trainer I believe, fly and handle very different from low wing aircraft, even low wing trainers.
My point is, what is the low wing plane you have? If it is a low wing trainer type, then it will be an easy transition, but will require some time, perhaps a few tanks of fuel, to get up to speed with the differences. My suggestion, and this is what I did, would be to buddy-box the low wing aircraft with an instructor and get used to the differences. Once you are ready, and you will know pretty much right away when you are ready, you can remove the cable and fly it yourself.
CGr.