my coils on the extension lead, the aerial now runs from the canopy to the fin. solved my problems which i didn't have last time out [&:]

Lol!!! I know not to put an arial in a ferrite ring! I meant put the extension lead in

Well thanks anyway, 'cause I've always done ARTF, I suppose a snake is a somesort of tube. So during the building process I am going to have to cyano some straws in somehow somewhere. I may drill a few holes in the formers.

Alternatively I may do a crap job of that, one excellent method of external mounting I have seen is drilling a small hole on the underside of the model and exiting some fuel tube through there. Then by using a rubber band tie the rubber band onto a part of the tail wheel and the arial onto the rubber band. Its the most neatest way I have come across so far of external mounting, to me better than canopy to fin thingy.

I prefer to use some fuel tubing where the airal exits the fuz, and also to loop the arial through a spare or broken servos arm. Even though the wire is soldered in the receiver, I prefer to have a more rigid method of stopping it from getting yanked out.

Thnaks for your help guys. I'll see how the plastic straw internal thing goes. I'll use a ferrite ring on the extension lead too. Btw where can I get ferrite rings?

Cheers

Shahid

Shahid: snake inner runs in a snake outer. i use them for throttles but some sport planes use them for the other controls, however on a 3D plane i woulnt go nearthem. basically there plastic tube which you threat the arial thru. im going to run mine thru the fuz on the bottom of the former were there is a slot. a drop of cyno and it usually stayes there

Yep, well straws would do as good. But if you going to have a snake you'd have to cyano it very early on to get it glued in. Maybe one drip at each end might do it, but im not cutting the end of my Capiche! If an internal arial is just for looks then I might do the external underneath job, you can see it when its underneath anyway.

Hi all, I have just finished my capiche after having bought it a year ago at Sandown not much into building rather be flying, but now its ready to go and my CG is 10mm back from the furtherest back position on the plan is that too far back or can it take a little more than shown on the plan? I could fit a bigger battery as I only have 4.8v 900mah at the moment. I have an Irvine 53 up front but elevator and rudder servos at the tail. All carbon cowl, gear and canopy.

Depends on how good a pilot you are!!!!
more than 140 you might need cycle clips

I would start at approx 132mm and go back to taste.

call me stupid, but wots the cycle clip thing you hear all the time. especiall in RCME

Eddie put them round the bottom of your trousers to keep the brown smelly stuff from leaking out LOL

AHHHHhhhhhh i didnt know that either!

i got my coils from Stan at Phoenix Models, 2.50 for two.

prevents the brown pants becoming the brown shoes

Nothing wrong with that, it is what I did.

Welcome to Cloud Capiche Land. For C of G, read the instructions. It is the only model I have built where I was happy in the suggested range. Most manufacturers give a very conservative suggested C of G, but with the C50, the range is bang on. Most of us are in the 125 to 135 mm from the leading edge range.

So any chance of some photos? What about final stats (weight, engine etc).

I would agree with Sprink

Teh guidance given on the instruction is factual not conservative.

You should get your battery up behind the firewall.

Pay attention to the control throws too - this pics you see here and on the website with massive throws are on a switch only anhd for stalled manouvres, not general flying.!

Pics of you model and stats would be of interest!

ok I'm at 138mm so with a slightly bigger battery I'll be 135mm or less so that should be ok to start with, and I won't need those bicycle clips lol, thanks for your help! I'll post a pic as soon as my black spinner arrives and we get some sun. Its dead on 5lbs with an Irvine 53. I am so looking forward to flying it now, after a year of just looking at the plans.

Yes I have my battery at the firewall and thanks for the tip about the throws on full rates I have 45 degrees on elevator and rudder and D/R'd right down for the test flight and normal flying, S9303 servo on rudder and S9001 on elevator S9601's on ailerons. We have a bad forecast for the whole week so will have to wait till next week for the test flight.

Threshold, as that looks like a Synergy in your avatar, I assume you know what you are doing. Certainly did not muck around with the servos.

You will enjoy the Capiche, it is a fun plane.

i got my capiche yesterday great kit already built the tail feathers in between lessons

threshold-same setup as mine, (except the servos $$$$$$)!

i flew mine as was with the c/g at 145. it was touchy and harriers are easy but i wouldnt reccomend it, ive moved it forward to 140ish now

Yes it is a Synergy, OSFX 91 with pump and Genesis mini pipe, 7lbs.

Got some sun for 10 minutes this morning, still waiting for a black spinner and bigger flight battery but otherwise ready to go! looks like waiting till next week for the weather though []

Nice birds

like Nathans Funtana, nice.

Archie, the newsletter, am i the only one not seeing pics? i do get some error thingy tho.

Phil you have to download the second attachment, the 0.36 MB one, then you need adobe acrobat to read it.

what second attachment? i've got a PDF file and thats it, and yes i have the player

Ah ok. Well your in a different situation to me then Phil. Looks like this conversion to pdf is a bit troublesome.

Yep anyway, thanks! Now I know what bicycle clips can be used for. I never used to get those jokes.

Btw I know this is off topic but you could make an edible engine. Just make it like a chocolate egg. Simple.

How about a pic of the C90 then

Only one man deserves to post the pictures here and thats the owner !

Im quite sure he will be along any time ...