RE: Chip Hyde's Cap-X - Building & Flying
I finished up the Cap X last night.I used a CF tail wheel as the DP one I originally planned to use just wasn't going to work out without going into the fuse and adding some wood stock. I roughened up the tailwheel mount with some sand paper and put it in place, then removed the covering underneath to expose the wood. I then CA'd it to the fuse and drilled two holes and attached it with a couple of wood screws. Then I used a couple of springs from the DP tailwheel assy. to attach to the pull-pull horns on the rudder and it was done. I gained a weight savings of 1.2 oz. and the plane balances perfect with the Brison and a 5 cell 2700 mah pack mounted over/under the fuel tank which is directly over the CG.
The Brison with muffler weighs right around 3# and I have plenty of room to move the battery around so I think I made a good choice on the engine. The engine was tagged from Brison as swinging a 20/8 at 7740 so it should really snatch this thing through the air. I hope to maiden it today and will post the results on RCU if all goes as planned. Hopefully I'll get some pictures up as well.