Thanks. It is somewhat less beautiful now. I built the plane as a quick (six weeks) project for a wwi combat meet and am using it as a test bed to determine the feasability of a larger, detailed scale version (it is feasable!) The repairs from crashing were quick, strong and obvious! This one has a 72" span. The next will be 117.75" and have a scale (very thin undercambered) airfoil. It will probably take another six months to finish the plans.

hereare some short, videos:
[link=https://home.comcast.net/~jchumley/caproni_startup_1.mpg]Startup video clip[/link]
[link=http://home.comcast.net/~jchumley/caproni_takeoff.mpg]Takeoff[/link]
[link=http://home.comcast.net/~jchumley/caproni_flyby.mpg]fly by[/link]