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Old 10-10-2004 | 12:22 AM
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Default RE: GP 40 size CAP

I love my GP's Cap 232, been flying solid for almost 3 years, would love to build a new one (this one has a lot of hours on the airframe). I put an O.S. .70 in it, have unlimited vertical (pulls like a tractor) with a 13-5 (high altitude) or 14-5 Zinger prop (close to sea level), with this pitch prop it will still haul hiney (gets weird though at higher speeds, it loves to fly slow). If I build another one, I would install the rudder servo up front with the others (had to add weight to the nose, even with a 4-stroke up front) and hook it up as a pull-pull system. The landing gear has been my only problem with this kit, ripped it out 3 times, the last time it came out I glued the block back in with probond and it hasn't budged since. Oh yeah, go with a fiberglass cowl, the ABS cowl requires too much work to make it look good. I have one servo for the ailerons and it rolls quite fast, have expo dialed in to damper it a little. Finally, this plane is too short coupled to do 3-D (it's a handfull to do a harrier) without a lot of fight (except for some of the tumbling type aerobatics). My plane weighs 5.25 lbs, stock built out of the box, with no attempts to make it lighter. There seems to be a huge inconsistancy with the balsa densities used to make these kits.