The last time at the flying field I played around with the Cap's elevator throw and making turns. The airplane is perfectly mannered with small elevator throws. Keeping the same throttle settings and just increasing the bank angle and elevator throw each time I found a elevator throw at which the airplane was departing and going the opposide direction in roll. The interesting thing is that there is no warning.

My other pattern airplanes that were set up for the older AMA pattern maneuvers (no snaps) don't do that but of course don't have the elevator power to get it into that flight regime either.

I don't have enough experience with airplanes in this flight regime to know how it compares with other airplane.

But I solved the problem of accidental snaps on landing by setting the low rate at an elevator throw that will not cause the departure. It makes the landings a lot less interesting though.

I did see several big 35% or so Caps fly at the AMA Nats and was very impressed with how they flew when properly trimmed out. Not knowing anything different I wouldn't have hesitated in buying one. I guess it is more a tribute to the pilot than the airplane.

How does it compare to something like an Extra 300 or other designs?