technoid
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Because of health reasons I've been using RealFlight as my RC experience but recently my wife told me to get a plane and fly again and she would call me if she needs me. So I've been looking at planes and engines trying to decide the best way to go. At first I wanted to go with a Glow engine because that's what I used to fly, but after finding out the cost of a gallon of fuel and then having to drive 20 miles to get one put me off of that choice. So then I looked at electric and gas and decided to be a guinea pig and go with the new OS GGT 10 Gas Glow Engine. I did some research on it and it was hard to take a chance because there were lots of posts talking about problems with it. But none the less I decided to take a chance that OS actually built a reliable Gas Glow engine. So what does all this have to do with RealFlight? Well the plane I bought is the new Sig 4-Star 54 Yellow ARF so I decided to model it to see how close I can get the RealFlight version to the plane I fly at the field. Here's three pictures to start the thread. First a picture of the new ARF version I'll be modeling and then a picture of the Kit version and the engine I bought. When Sig released the ARF version they made a few changes that made it better, at least to me it did. They changed the Canopy to a sleeker version that fits the fuselage better and increased the control surface area to make it quicker responding. They also clipped the wings from 59.75 to 54 inches and added a Cowl and Wheel Pants. They left the cheeks on the fuselage so you can leave off the Cowl and have the traditional look, and since I like to see the engine that's what I'll do. And since I'll be flying at a grass field that doesn't get cut that often I'll also leave off the Wheel Pants. I don't know when I'll start modeling the plane because I need to put the kit together and get everything setup. I'll also be adding comments on the OS GGT 10 to let everyone know how it performs for me. Hopefully I'll get it going and not have any trouble with it. But I'll post what happens either way.