What are the flight characteristics of towers 40 size trainer?

All high wing trainers that have a flat bottom wing such as the tower .40 trainer are slow, predictable, and don't do many tricks. The purpose of a trainer is to teach you how to take off and land and make left and right turns. These are the basics. Once you master these four things the sky is the limit.


Bevo

Thanks' I was also wondering if i should be carful on how far i bank my turns, will a trainer go into a spin that will be really difficult to correct in a reasonable amount of time.

I like to tell my students that most full-scale airlines like to limit the amount of bank to 15 degrees or less.....so apply the same to R/C trainers....don't overdue the bank!!!!

Jerry

And be aware that all trainers are NOT created equal.

I'm not familiar with the specific one you mentioned, but it looks to me like one of the "cookie cutter" package deals that several different vendors offer. I AM familiar with some of these, and they all have rather small wings and/or weigh too much. They fly, but are not as slow and stable as a Kadet LT-40 with its large (70" span) wing.

With the exception of the Kadet MK II (56" span), the Sig trainers all are much more lightly loaded (less wing loading) than any of the others. Therefore, they will be easier to land as they will float better and give you more reaction time.

The Goldberg Eagle would be my second choice, behind the Sig Kadet LT-40.

All of this is my opinion, of course. YMMV...

I bet he's talking about the Hobbico MkII 40. I had one of these and it's a pretty fair trainer. I learned on it and it lasted long enough to sell it when I got bored with it. Has a few bad tail-dragger traits and hates high winds . Mine came with everything needed to fly except fuel, nicd starter and something to spin the engine to life.
After I got the basics down I adjusted the control surfaces for a snappier flight. Flew inverted rather well for a trainer. Still couldn't hold a candle to the Kadet or the Eagle.

Great trainer for the money. Make sure you use 10 rubber bands. Will take up to a 46 engine. A 40 is perfect ,even the 40LA, But then that is not much of an engine for second plane. My son has this one and a hobbico nexstar. The Nexstar is heavy and won't take a hard landing like a tOWER.