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Old 06-26-2005 | 05:56 PM
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BTerry
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Yeah but you dont see many 50cc CAPs.... 1100+ posts you'd be surprised how little I've seen in the way of 50cc Caps..

Plus I want this ship to 3D too..

BTW wheres your suggestion if you know of a bunch?
They pop up on eBay and RCU from time to time. They were in production only a short time.

Or, if you want to try building, you can buy the Midwest kit (one of Mike McConville's best designs, IMHO) on eBay, keep the plans, trace the plywood parts in the fuse and cut them from balsa, cut wings and stabs, and turtle deck from 1# foam sheeted in 1/16" contest balsa, then box up the kit and sell it again on eBay. You end up with an 80" Cap weighing just under 11# with a YS 1.40, or (like mine), 12# with a ZDZ40. 1200 in^2 wing area, 12# on gas = 23 oz/ft^2. That is a great wing loading for a .40 size plane, let alone a 50cc sized plane!

Here is mine:
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