NEW SIG Four Star 20 EP

[Tony H]

I have just recently purchased a New Sig Four Star 20 EP, I am currently waiting for it to be despatched to me. 

 

I am planning to put a ASP 0.30FS (four Stroke) in the plane and wondered if anyone has had any experience with ASP engines and could tell me their opinion on them.

 

Also I would like to hear from anyone who has built and flown any of the SIG Four Star range as I would apreciate any tips or hints they may have and what they flew like.

 

I plan on beginning the build as soon as I recieve it, which should hopefully be this week.....can't wait! 

 

Tony

[Richard Wood]

I have an ASP 40 two stroke from Just Engines & it is very good,

with a very reliable idle & smooth pickup.

They're an 'OS clone' & very similar to SC engines.

I've built a couple of SIG kits (not Four Star unfortunately) & they are

generally good with excellent instructions.

My main gripe was that most of the balsa was far too hard in my examples

(Kobra & Kougar). Some pieces,such as fuselage triangular sections,

wouldn't take pins without pliers assistance!

They do fly well however.

 

[Tony H]

Thanks, I heard the engines were much the sam as Magnums which were based on earlier OS Engines like the SC Engines are, although I did hear ASP are more reliable than SC Engines.

 

I noticed most of your planes are electric I considered this myself but the setup cost from IC to Electric is quite pricey.

 

Amazingly you seem to have all the planes I have considered in the last few months including the Sig Kobra, Galaxy Magician/Wizard, Galaxy Scorpion and the Flair Atila. How do you find these planes to build and fly?

 

There isn't many Traditional Kits on the market these days

 

 

[Richard Wood]

Hi Tony,

My current favourite is the Kobra - it flies really smoothly for a smallish

(45" span) model & flies 'on rails'.

The Scorp. is good too but mine could do with a tad more power - will experiment

with props I think.

The Atilla is great for relaxed flying.It will fly very slowly & will cope

with a reasonably high wind.

I Haven't flown the Magician for a while - but it goes well on a 40LA.

 

The Galaxy,Flair & Sig kits are all different to build. The Flair Attila is a lovely

model to build - lots of open structure.Galaxy kits are veneered foam wings

with balsa fuselages & are as strong as a brick outhouse.

The Kobra has a built up wing /balsa fuse which is also very strong.

I enjoyed building all of them, but perhaps the Flair kits have a slight

edge in overall quality.

Getting started in electric is quite pricey, but much cheaper than just a couple

of years ago.

Chris Foss kits are good too!

 

Cheers

 

[Tony H]

How good is the Sig Kobra at taking off and landing on a short runway, My flying site has a fairly short runway with a fence and hedge either side, some of us have had difficulty slowing fast planes down enough so we often over shoot and have to go around again for another go.

[Richard Wood]

I usually give the Kobra a fairly long take-off run by building

speed up slowly over say about  20 - 30m, but I'm sure that this

could be shortened quite a bit by using full throttle from the start

& hauling it off earlier.

The Kobra has quite a deceptively large wing which is quite thick

& has washout built in. It will fly quite slowly enabling it to be

brought in gently for landing - it doesn't need to be flown in at

speed.

I think it would be suitable for a short runway, but don't underpower

it.