What recommendations do you have for the next airplane after a trainer. I was told the world model super sports was the one to buy. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Charlie

I'm going to buy a Great Planes Big Stik 60.

Depending on whether you want something to build, or an arf, I would try a Four Star 40 or sixty, or a Great Planes Super Sportster arf. Good flyers, good low speed characteristics. The sixty sized Stinger isn't a bad choice either.

I like the big stick, but I was told to go with a lower wing for my second airplane.

Who makes the four star 40 or sixty?

The four* is made by Sig. You can get the Four* 40 and 60 in a kit or the 60 in a ARF thru Tower Hobbies.

Jim S.

I recently purchased a GP Easy Sport

It's not a low wing, but not a high wing either, more like a shoulder/mid wing. Is semi-symmetrical airfoil with some dihedral.

Well, to say, I just love this plane. it's great, you can do almost anything with it, loops, rolls, knife edge. I can fly it inverted the entire flight if I would want to....

And yet it has no bad tendencies, stalls are pretty straightforward, the nose drops, speed is again incremented, and the plane just continues to fly.

For some reason, I managed to get it into a flat spin the other day. Well, just applied full throttle, corrected with some rudder, and pulled out without any problems.

And, it's a strong plane! had to crashes during landing approach (my mistake - this plane does need some more speed in approach than a trainer, which floats in.... this one need to be "flown in") but with no damage at all.

Last I landed, but got a little short on the end of the field, and the front landing gear got caught into som high grass, making the plane tip over and smash onto the field onto it's back. No damage! Refueled and took off again !!

I have about 15 flights on in now, with still no damage, and it's great.

My second plane was a Great Planes Big Stik 40. I loved it. I would recommend it to anyone.

i will second the easy sport 40. mine is 6 years old, and still flies great. (makes me look like i know more than i do) loren

I like the way the Easy sport and the Big Stik fly on the simulator.

Mine was the easy sport as well. It was a great plane, Took a lot more abuse than should have been dished out. It was an aerobatic trainer for me. It flew really well in the air, and i used to wait until i ran out of fuel i liked that plane so much. that says a lot considering my flying field is on top of a hill and there is almost always wind. But, as time went on, i went looking for a competition plane..... looking back, i conldn't have done anything else. I would buy that plane, and i will defend my opinion with my life.

The easy sport is actually an updated version of the ugly stick. So not much difference between them I guess.

Spaceclam, what do you mean "It flew really well in the air" ? Do you fly your planes in anything else than air ? Underwater perhaps ?

Never flew an Easy Sport, but my second plane was a Super Sportster and I liked it so much I just bought another (eight years late).
Dennis-

I bought the tower hobbies voyager for my second plane (1st low wing). It was dirt cheap (around $80), it looks nice, and it flies great. Best of all, you don't feel too bad if you crash it. I agree the sig 4* is a great plane but it also costs nearly $200 for the ARF. I would go for something cheaper so you can get more hours in.

My second plane was a Kaos .40 ARF. Dialed down the travels till I got use to it. Made nice slow speed landings and I love it, but then again, all the suggestions made are good ones to.

What i mean by that is, It flies a lot better in the air than on the ground. Just kidding. Really a brain fart.

I would say an Ugly Stick (60) or a something extra.

I been flying a traier and last week a flew a SIG four Star 40 and it was easy to fly, take off and land... loops rolls knife edge... super plane... Will be my next plane for sure... mabe 60 size four star... good luck My vote SIG Fur Star

an easy sport will do everything that can do. An easy sport is easy to fly, but when you crank the throws in, It can really perform.

I think it's a choice between the easy sport or the supersport. The Supersport is only 99.00.

Then there is a reason the easy sport is more expensive. I have found the thing is really rugged. I have trashed many nosegears and the plane is still fine. You can also make it a taildragger if you want, it has instructions for it just in case.

well I started solo flights two weeks ago and the four star 40 is being built, I decided on it after seeing this http://www.renderwurx.com/rc/sig4star/

Looked nice, I kept his advice and putting 46FX on it, it should fly nice. I am going to use his trim scheme, it is so nice.
the kit is easy built and laser cut parts is for sure makes life easier. If this will be your first kit as mine and don't have any building tools go with and ARF 60, man for the building tools I paid almost $200, can't cover without an iron or heat gun costs $30 2 rolls of monokote $24, trim solvent $6 and the list goes goes and goes.

Well after all I am starting this hobby new and I am planning to built my planes, I like doing so tools will pay of on the long run.

On Towerhobbies, the Easy Sport is 15$ cheaper than the Super Sport.

At my LHS here in belgium, it's cheaper too!

Have You Gone Mad!? it takes more tools to build a kit than an arf .60. An arf 60 is just a bit bigger, and uses the same tools as an arf 40. It will take more tools to build any kit than it will to build any arf.

Miss understanfing I have the kit,4*40 and I needed tools for that, I agree with you that ARF don't need much tools.

So thats why I am recomending an ARF.

I believe my mistake for the confusion.

btw 4* has ARF for 60 and kits for 40, 60 and 120