Thanks for the reply's gang, the tips about the mods sound great! I will definitely move the landing gear forward, beefing up the gear (dubro) and do the dual aileron servos...

I kinda figured the Sig Pig was a little more than what I was ready for, i.e. a third airplane. I could get by with flying with my buddy on a trainer cord, but its really hard to get our schedules to mesh. It stinks, I love the model and want to build it. I think my wife will understand, it also gives me an excuse to go buy another kit

chashint asked for more details on my experience level and my son's. I've been flying the LT40 on my own, but don't get a chance to go to the field every weekend. A young, busy family, getting my carear off the ground kinda thing... I have an aviation background, some some of the basic ideas aren't foriegn to me. I can fly the LT40 around the pattern, land, do touch and go's, fly inverted (its got a OS46AX), stall as much as the kadet will let me (it kinda mushes unless you accelerate the stall some), spin, loop (the somewhat sloppy kind), aileron roll, the very basic airobatics, etc. Its all a little sloppy and not that smooth though. Between not getting out to the field on a regular basis and getting my son as much stick time as I can, I always feel a little rusty. Cody and I will also have a chance to fly our electrified HOB Decathlon and Kadet Senior with ailerons and conventtional gear this summer (hopefully, the senior is still on the building board).

I'll practice what RCKen mentioned. I see what you're saying about the power off approaches. The cub on my Phoenix sim almost seems like it has to be flown that way. I usually do it in incriments, about half power on downwind, a few more clicks on base and final, and then idle on short final (unless I've got myself out over the weeds). Speed control is basically keeping at "kadet approach speed" which really doesn't vary a whole lot. The flare is pretty much running it out of steem, and that sounds like its not a good idea in the Sig Pig. I guess all I have to do now is figure out how much I want to spend on the 4star or equivelent.

Thanks again for the help gaing!