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Igor Pimenov (4076 Sebastopol Rd., Mariposa CA 95338; E-mail: precrasnaya@msn.com) was 14 years old when he built this Sig Four-Star 40. It has a Tower Hobbies .46 with a tuned muffler for power, and is fitted with a three-bladed J&Z propeller.

It is covered in Sapphire MonoKote with silver trim. Igor wrote, “The airplane floats on landing and doesn’t want to get on the ground. Its flight is gentle and forgiving. The model has good gliding capabilities and it would be a nice second airplane.”