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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/22/2007 9:42:54 PM   
    FlyguyXII



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    From: Belleville, MI, USA
    Status: offline     		OK guys here are the pics that I have promised several times my panel and pilot pics of it flying and with the three blade prop
    all the decals are from Kirby's

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    < Message edited by FlyguyXII -- 5/22/2007 9:44:10 PM >

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/25/2007 4:45:43 PM   
    zenairplane



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    Joined: 6/30/2002
    From: Manhattan, KS, USA
    Status: offline     		I flew my Cap yesterday on its first flight. The DA 50 started right up and after range checking I taxied it up and down our grass runway. I checked to make sure nothing had fallen off and in a beautifully calm evening sky gave her the juice very slowly. At less than half throttle she was in the air and rose gently up straight as an arrow. I gained some altitude and started circling around high enough to easily glide in if the engine quit. I checked the trim and I didn’t have to make one adjustment. The high side needle valve was way too rich so there was a lot of barking going on. I decided to see how she went slow and pulled the throttle back to idle. She just ended up dropping the nose a bit and mushing…awesome.
    I gave her the gas and went straight up…no lack of power here. It was time to land so I brought her around and on final I bought the throttle to idle and the plane just gently descended and with a little flair she was on the ground. I love a plane that you grease on in your first landing.
    I need to drill a hole in the cowl to adjust the needle so I packed it up to go and check everything out at home.
    I am very impressed with this plane so far and for its price it is a true bargain.
    My set up is:
    DA 50-R
    MenzS 22-8
    Tru-turn 3.25 ultimate spinner
    1 JR 1650 extra 4.8 NMH battery on the ignition
    1 JR 2400 extra 6 volt on the receiver
    JR heavy duty switches
    JR DS 821 on throttle
    5 Hitec 5955TG servos on the control surfaces ( I am so glad I spent the extra money on these as they are fantastic-troy built models is great).
    JR R790 PCM receiver
    20 oz tank
    Everything else is the hardware that came with the plane.

    I'll post some photos later.

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/25/2007 9:35:59 PM   
    OzStriker



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    Joined: 2/16/2005
    From: Balwyn NorthVictoria, AUSTRALIA
    Status: offline     		Running 30:1 Castrol 2T on a new DA-50R I found my high needle needed to be leaned about 1/2 a turn, nothing on the low needle.

    zen you will basically never have to adjust mixture once you are run in and using the same fuel mix, you could avoid cutting another hole and just pull everything off a couple of times during run in to check the tune.

    glad to hear your flight went well, this was the first aircraft for me that needed no trim!!

    20oz fuel tank + 10 minutes flying used about 1/3 tank !!!

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/27/2007 5:02:47 PM   
    M64



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    Joined: 11/15/2006
    From: Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
    Status: offline     		what is the cap like in the wind?

    How does it handle?

    M64

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/27/2007 7:51:08 PM   
    FlyguyXII



    Posts: 135
    Joined: 10/30/2004
    From: Belleville, MI, USA
    Status: offline     		Handles wind fine just like anyother aerobatic plane. as for how it handles check out the vid on the previous page.

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/29/2007 4:14:19 PM   
    zenairplane



    Posts: 25
    Joined: 6/30/2002
    From: Manhattan, KS, USA
    Status: offline     		After my first flight last Thursday, I took the cap back out again on Friday evening. I got in about five flights as I was tuning the DA-50 when I, like an idiot, got it too lean on the low-end. At about a hundred feet and upwind I turned it upside down and then silence. It was in one of those big decisions times and I thought it would be best to turn downwind and try to land with the wind instead of stalling trying to get it upwind again (our field has obstacles at each end). Let’s just say that the cap glides really well and it floated right down and past the runway before I had to dump her or really mess her up.

    Damage. The right aileron tip was smashed but the fuse had broken in two just below the back bottom of the canopy. The prop was fine but the wing tube was bent a little.
    Saturday morning I got to work and had the fuse back together. That thin plywood snaps really easy and where she split it seems that is maybe the weak part of the fuse. Some reinforcement there might not be a bad idea. A little magic with white ultracote and putting the diamonds back on she looked almost new.

    On Monday I went out flying again and she flew great and couldn’t notice any difference. As the day went on the wind kept picking up and even in a 20 mph wind she is very easy to land. The more I flew the more I liked this plane. A friend helped me get the mixture just right and we were flying huge IMAC moves with no lack of power at all. It was hard to do a good hover in the wind but she easily sat there at half-throttle or less and pulled up swiftly with full throttle. Harriers were sweet with very little wing rock. Only thing I don’t like so far is that it pulls toward the landing gear in knife edge.
    Anyway what started out as bad weekend ended up pretty good.

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/29/2007 6:36:49 PM   
    chuck l


     

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    Sorry about the crash, but glad to here it still flies good. Would it be possible to post a couple of pictures showing the particular spot that should be reinforced?

    Chuck

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/30/2007 6:14:23 AM   
    FlyguyXII



    Posts: 135
    Joined: 10/30/2004
    From: Belleville, MI, USA
    Status: offline     		Anybody else had issues with warped elevators?

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/30/2007 7:24:29 AM   
    ggroyal1


     

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    From: Norcross, GA, USA
    Status: offline     		I had warped elevators, with two people, just heat and bend, it was fairly easy.
    George G. Royal

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/30/2007 4:03:29 PM   
    zenairplane



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    From: Manhattan, KS, USA
    Status: offline     		Chuck_
    Here are pics of the fixed fuse. The orange line is where it broke. The servo tray popped loose in the crash.. Sorry I don't have pics of before but I was too depressed at the time to take them. As you can see I used 1/4-balsa to stiffen the sides asl well as on the bottom under the servo tray. I then put hardwood strips to reinforce the servo tray mounting.

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/30/2007 4:33:22 PM   
    Don M.



    Posts: 1775
    Joined: 3/2/2004
    From: Halifax, NS, CANADA
    Status: online     		Man oh Man ! There is not much support in that area, not even a floor. Looks like the servo tray is the main structure. No wonder it broke

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 5/30/2007 6:01:10 PM   
    FlyguyXII



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    From: Belleville, MI, USA
    Status: offline     		yeah i tried that but its .25" and wont come out

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 6/3/2007 2:57:54 PM   
    chuck l


     

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    From: Stacy, MN, USA
    Status: online     		I just bought the Cap Friday and will be putting a DL-50 on it. The Cap manual doesn't give a dimension for the prop distance from the firewall so what distance did you guys come up with?

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    RE: NEW Hanger9 27% Cap 232G!!!! Build Thread!!! - 6/6/2007 5:22:16 AM   
    chuck l


     

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