How a Four Star 40
 Became an
 Electric Twin
The author’s Four Star 40 flew as a glow-powered model for 12 years (off and on), and then hung from his living room ceiling for another four  years before he decided to convert it to an electric twin.
W
ell after four years  I figured I was out of the hobby for good.
But my old Four Star 40 didn’t know that. It hung there from my ceiling, faithfully–just waiting. Visitors would often ask why I kept it. After all, I wasn’t flying anymore.  And I often did consider selling it or giving it away to some modeller who would make use of it. But,  any of you who have owned and flown an airplane for a long time know how it is. That ol’ bird  held a lot of  memories that I just wasn’t ready to part with.

Then I discovered electrics. I had always liked twins but my success with  nitro-powered twins had always ended in the usual one-engine-out catastrophie.  So for twins, electric  seemed the way to go.  The  first one I built was the Hanger 9 Bronco. And I had some pretty good flights on it, too, until one day I  thought I would try just one more take-off. Ten feet off  the ground  the battery died.  When she
Four Star 40 Page 2
Contents 1
By Henry Holcomb