I would second the midstar. Only cost about 66 dollars and builds easily. I love mine. My son has the 4*60 and I wanted something different so I went with this. Great flying plane, flies fast or slow and hugs the ground when you land.



Complete step by step construction pics on my site.

I am total unison with Stomper. I would build the Sig 4-Star 60 and put an O.S. .91 4-Stroke on the baby. Then I would clip one wing bay out of each side of the wing. This will make it a little less stable but on low rates it's like flying a trainer, and on high rates you'll be able to invert flat spin that baby all day long! You'll also be able to hang it on the prop a little. You may want to put a 120 4-stroke in it when you're used to the plane.

On landings, the plane just glides so beautiful. Full stall landings will be awesome. They're a sinch. Definitely spend your money on a 4-Star 60. You'll be happy that you did.
Clint

The GP extra is not a good choice for a second plane.
They come out quite heavy, and are VERY prone to snap stalls. They are fine in experience hands, but can be a little booger to land.

The Something Extra is a far better choice. I have both, the something Extra gets flown often, My GP extra just gathers dust.

I went with the Tower Voyager for my second plane, but got bored with it pretty quick, if i could go back and do it again i would have gone for the Somthing Extra straight away.

Have you consider a SPADSTICK? it's will cost you around $10 for new materials for a plane and some of your time, provided you reuse your engine and electronics from your LT40.

Check out the SPAD forum on this board.

My first plane was a kadet MkII. very similiar to the LT-40. My second plane was the Sig Kavalier, it's a nice looking plane with a semi-symetrical airfoil. It can by flown docile with a bushing type engine in the nose or with an OS 40FX or 46FX, where it will perform alot of cool manuevers. I don't think this plane comes in an ARF, it's also an easy build as it has a good instruction manual and lots of accesories. Good luck and happy flying

I had a midwest malibu flew it for about 4 months then wanted somethin new and alil sporty.. I went with the goldberg 60 and it is a great sec plane and easy building. I had it for a short amount of time and lost it to a radio hit aand then got a h9 p-51. I huge job but im capable of flyin it and it is a blast. It is a easy bird to fly but i suggest a goldberg 60

RC,

I took MinnFlyer's advise and got the Tiger 60. The build up was really nice. T put a OS 60FP that I had around on it. Just finsihed the graphics today and can not wait for the rain to go away so I can try it out.

Hi,

You won't go far wrong with a Sig Somethin' Extra, as it is very forgiving and has no bad habits.

However, if you don't want to screw it into the ground on your first turn, PLEASE don't use the full throws on the ailerons when you first fly! Something as low at 30% dual rate is quite sufficient for the first few flights!

Flies great, gets you from a trainer to aerobatics gently and a real pleasure to build.

David C.

I say get one of the Ultra Sticks in the H9 line.
My 2nd plane was a Sig 4 * 40....it was a great second plane but when I flew it I was always nervous, it was pretty fast for me and small. It floated a lot with the light and long wing. It took me a while to learn how to land the 4 * correctly to even get it to land on the field. Once I learned to land, it was better...until it crashed on a windy day on landing. I flew it about 100 flights and I can say that it taught me a lot of good things.
My 3rd plane was a US 120, I absolutely fell in love with it! I even got another US 120! There is also a US 60 in the hangar. Call me crazy, but I just love the versatility of them. The flaps slow the plane down and make it float right on in. The plane can be just as lazy as a trianer or as aerobatic as an extra and a cap, just not as precise. I flew the Stick in 20-25 mph wind with gusts even stronger once and actually suprised myself with a fairly level, slow, smooth landing! The wing makes the plane hard to stall at such slow speeds, especially with crow.... Though I will never fly in such wind again.
It has proven to be a good ARF for modifications as you can see if you do a search on Ultra Stick in these forums...that could be a good or a bad thing...If you have the time, the modifications are fun to do. I have a site with info about the mods, and you can find a bunch of info here. You were saying that you wanted to get a BIY plane, but if you go the ARF road the US is a great one to look into and modify.
The Sticks IMO are a great plane to grow into. Once you can figure out the mixes and such, the plane is a blast. The manual explains the mixes pretty well...good enough for me to understand . Though the extra money for the servos is added, if it is affordable, the UStick would be a great plane!

Good luck on your decision,
Chix