Here's my review of this plane. I'm trying to be as honest and objective as I can. I like the plane but do have some critical opinion as well. My facts are just that, facts. It's the information I personally found out. I'm reviewing this plane as I hope others would. Hopefully this will give you some honest information for you to evaluate whither or not you'd like to own this plane.

Plane: Great Planes CAP 232 27%
Engine: Evo 45GX
Prop: NX 21x8
Price: $325 street price after discounts, freight included
Servos: Rudder HS5945, Elevators HS5945, Ailerons HS5645, Throttle HS625
Batteries: NIMH 4.8v 1650 mAH
Radio: Futaba 12ZAP
Receiver: PCMG3 R5014DPS
Weight: 13lbs 5ozs ready to fly less fuel
CG: 5 7/8"
Wing Load: 26.25 oz/sq ft
Power to weight ratio: 1.43

Building:
Cost: 9.5 very competitive, one of the least expensive in class
Availability: 9.5 available almost anywhere
Orientation/visability: 8.5 pretty easy to see but can get confusing sometimes with certain clouds
Durability: 9.0 Tailwheel wimped out and came loose.
Weight: 10.0 lightest in class.
Hardware: 8.5 pretty good stuff. Used all of it except pushrods. Control horns are a little funky
Building: 9.0 Excellent manual, easy to follow, no weight required to balance, the way the stab glues makes me nervous but no problems so far
Covering: 9.5 monokote, heavy but the best there is

Total = 73.5/8 = 9.2 rating

Flying:
Take off: 9.0 short and sweet
Ground handling: 9.5 excellent steering
Precision: 8.5 tends to wadle in the turns a bit
Rolling Circles: 9.5 easiest plane I've flown to keep level. Very little tail wag. Precise and beautiful. I love a nice rolling circle
Hover/Torque Rolls: 8.0 Hard to keep exact. Pulls to wheels with hard throttle. Fastest torque rolls I've ever seen. Can get away if not careful
Waterfalls: 10.0 Best I've ever seen. Fast. No elevation drop. Impressive for such a big plane
Harriers: 9.0 Easy, little effort required, very little wing rock. Tends to wander a bit
Inverted Flat Spin/Blender: 9.0 Very pretty, floaty, won't do a rising FS, tends to roll out with power
Upright Flat Spin: 9.0 very pretty, hard to recover from, must use opposite inputs
Staircases: 9.5 excellent, quick
Snap/spins: 10.0 CAP like, and very fast, violent
Knife Edge: 9.5 Some pulling to the wheels, easily mixed out, can do them slow or fast, high alpha/slow is a thing of beauty. Does both ways
KE Spin: 9.5 Extremely fast, quick and pretty
Landing: 9.0 Floats, easy to land, love the landing gear, but in a stiff breeze flys tail heavy and can be tricky, wants to bounce sometimes
Field Assy: 10.0 Easiest plane I have to assemble. Fast and easy

Total = 139/15 = 9.3 rating

Fun Factor = 9.0 Fun to fly but gives me the "big plane" jitters a bit. Makes me nervous on recovery sometimes. But I love this plane

Overall = 9.2 (building) = 9.3 (flying) = 9.0 (fun factor) /3 = 9.2 Overall rating

Notes:
1. One piece wing is good and bad. Easy to assembly, keeps the plane super light, but a pain to transport
2. Landing gear is fiberglass and durable but forgiving. I wish all manufactures would use it. Much better than carbon fiber
3. Comes with a decent spinner
4. Robart hinges are easy to use and very strong. I like them
5. ARF quality is first rate. Hardware is B=. Could use better pushrods, horns are weird but I used them
6. Balanced on the CG with no added weight and only .8 oz on right wing tip for lateral balance
7. Lightest plane in it's class, yet seems durable
8. The stab installation makes me nervous. Not much area to glue to. But I did it like the manual says and so far, no problems
9. Engine came off on 3rd flight. I didn't realize how tighte things had to be with a gas engine. My fault, not ARFs. No damage. I was lucky
10. I'm going to add some up thrust. I think this will help with the pulling to the wheels in hover
11. This is my first gas plane. I love it. Great Planes has done an excellent job with this plane. It is an outstanding ARF

Thanks
Barry