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Old 10-18-2006 | 09:07 AM
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spyder0069
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Default RE: Hirobo Cap 232 15 size ARF balancing?

Unfortunately I didn't take pics of the build. I retired this plane after a month. I put so much time into trying to get the plane to fly straight through loops and moves and it never did. Had found a twist in the fuse that caused the elevator not to be perpendicular to the wing. Fixed that. Still could not get it to fly right. It was a pretty plane but just flew like crap. I think there may have also been a problem with the airfoil they used or incedence between it and the horizontal stab. I also had to swap the landing gear for a dubro aluminum equiv because the original was weak. Heck, I even thought maybe the .15 just wasn't enough and put on a trusty .25 FP I had. Nope, still snapped out of loops or went through them crooked. Gave up. I suppose after all that work maybe someone who was new to the hobby might say it was ok but honestly I have cubs that are more fun to fly and more aerobatic than this plane. Maybe I got a bad one but never could make lemonade out of my lemons. No more no name arfs for me!

My battery started out on the side of the engine box. I think it may have eventually made it under the tank. Make sure your use 270ma-350ma battery pack as this plane does not need any more weight. Here is a link to the one I used:

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHBB0&P=7

By the way should yours turn out to be the same I did buy a Global AT-6 Texan from Hobbypeople.net for about $80 which will fly on a .15la up to a .25. VERY smooth flyer. Only mod I had to do to it was put in dual aileron servos in the wing. Also Polks Hobby makes a tigermoth and fokker triplane that will take that setup that are also nice wood built up planes.