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Old 02-15-2004 | 09:57 PM
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Default RE: Chip Hyde's Cap-X - Building & Flying

Overall I am very impressed with this plane, however, I am concerned because my horizontal stab. is not a tight fight. As a matter of fact it is a loose fit. There is about a degree or two of play in it after I dry fit it up. I haven't looked closely at the instructions yet, but I did read that it was supposed to be a tight fit. "Course I also read some things about the wheel pants/axle that weren't right either.

I am impressed with the wheel pants because they seem very sturdy but not too sure about the part that says to attach the cover with screws. I don't see the screws lasting very long. Will probably just epoxy mine on once I am sure everything is set up just right. Problem with that is once they are on thats it, they won't be coming off again.

The wing construction went real well, everything fit exactly as it was supposed to. I got to say though, they just about forgot to include the string for pulling the servo wires through. I broke both ends free and discovered that there wasn't enough slack to pull out of the wing to tie on the servo wire. I had to tie a string onto the string and then attach the servo lead and pull it through. The wing is done though and came out excellent.

I have been trying to figure out just what the base color of this plane is. Thought it was white but then I thought it was pearl white. Oh well, sure is purty though. Now if I can just figure out the stabilizer fix......................