well i cut my wing open and all i can say is good grief[:-] there was no glue on most of the ribs. all of them to the servo are exploded. even the one that was rigged because someone in the factory broke the "foam" strength balsa rib and attempted to glue a doubler in there which is also broke and glued with a 1/8 gap. the only thing holding it was a glue gob.. the trailing edge "soft balsa" is broke. the top sheeting was broke. there was no glue on the farthest rib that makes the cutout for the wing saddle.. so basicly the only thing holding the wing together is the main spar and the bottom sheeting i cut off.. even the streamers were soft balsa.. i wouldnt trust this wing in a harrier much less a blender.. I chalk this up with all the other problems i had with this plane as another stab in the rear by BME.. I also have a lesson learned with this PILE.. its a shame too because the plane actually flies good. so they get a 10 on that a goose egg on everything else....

i will post pic when i get time...[:@][:@][:@]

everything you see in these pictures are broken.. you just cant tell by the pics. but you can see the rigged up rib someone stuck in.

notice the rib in top right of last pic.. where i havent cut sheeting yet you can see its shattered to

here it is with every mangled rib out and pieced back together for my pattern to make new ones... I will fix it all and glue the heck out of it.. (something they forgot) and if it flies apart oh well

Lee, I wish mine could have been repaired like that. Sorry to hear about the wing problem, I don't recall if any of you have conteacted BME and told them of the problem, someone may have I just don't recall right now.


So what d'ya think they saved weight on....that's right..glue. Leave it off and save an ounce.


My wing was about the only thing on my CM that was not broken, go figure.

Can't see where the spar was broken... was it?

main spar? no it wasnt... TE spar yes if you look very closly wher the aileron cutout makes the 90 degree. it is broken there... the 2 small streamers you see are really useless.. they are so soft you could cut them in half with your fingernail...,, same with TE and ribs.. ehen the put the wing together.. they just laid the stuff out.. and then used the " HOT GLUE" style glue but instead of gluing the part in.. they just ran beads beside the parts.... so every rib is only glued on 1 side "the ones that are glued".. I have bought reject ARFs that have better work in them.. as a matter of fact i have one of the reject yaks they were unloading on E-bay and the quality of construction is 5 stars above this cap.. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=3311895

I see our freind RichyP did a reveiw on the CM... nice! See it [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=558]HERE[/link].

So I guess no one has their BME Cap Maniac any longer? Too bad it was not built better, it was a nice looking plane

BME is clearencing them and has been for awhile.
Rumor had it that they were going to make another airplane like it and a few others to like a Yak, etc.
I did like flying this airplane and kinda miss it but I have moved onto other airplanes. I have debated a couple
of times about buying another but I decdied on getting a World Models Volex II as a replacement for the CM.
John

ive been slowly moving to gas only.. i still have mine. i rebuild it everytime i fly it.havent flown it in a while. but it is a good flying plane.

Ours is still all in one piece. Not much time, and she is cowl-off waiting for a tune up with a new Perry VP-20. Nothing wrong, just no time...

I have one of these in the box. They are $99 shipped now.

How would it fly with a DLE 20?

Not looking to 3D, not ready for that yet.

Thanks,
Bill S.

It won't handle the vibration very well. Not much glue is used to begin with. You'll also have to land hotter. Probably need different landing gear. It's too short for a 16 or 17 inch prop. However, you're certainly able to make that choice.

I have a 90 FS in mine and it's plenty of power and flies nice.

Darrolair

After reading some of the comments here, I have to agree a 90 four stroke seems to be the best choice.

Thanks,
Bill S.

That's a good choice. Also throw the hardware away and purchase some good rods and control horns.

Darrolair