Blockbuster,

I appreciate the info on the H9 version....

The GP version 3D's very well. A few pages ago, I posted a link to a video of a member by the name of whaturi that I fly often with. He is flying my first one (as you nicely say, light crash giveaway) on an OS160. He has also flown mine with a DA50 at 14lbs and loved it.

The stab on the H9 Cap is actually right where it should be. The GP is a tad lower but looks to be almost directly in line with the thrust line. With the wing area on the H9, at 17lbs it's pretty high on wing loading. It's that high position that makes the elevator so effective with minimal throw needed.

Glenn,

Oh yea, I'm a big Cap fan. When I flew full scale, I did my aerobatic training in an Extra a Stearman and an Agcat and got to wring out a Cap. You could get the thing right up to the stall and just as the plane would shudder, corner the stick, stomp the rudder go to full power and she would just tumble ever so slowly. Release pressure on the stick and rudder and as soon as you get to the position you want, kick the rudder ever so slightly and release quickly and she'd stop right then and there. The GP Cap is a lot like that. Pull into a 45 degree climb and slow down, roll into a left wing down KE, put the left stick in the upper right corner (fullpower full right rudder) and the right stick in the upper left corner (full down and full left aileron) and hang on, you should get about 2 or 3 tumbles and she'll fall into a nice inverted flatspin. It's even better doing it from inverted. Just add the rudder and power as described, hold it for a second or two while waiting for the plane to start slipping sideways, the add the elevator/aileron as described and the next thing you know is you are still flying sideways rotating right around the CG. sorta like a KE spin only level instead of dropping. It's all a matter of timing but once you get it, it's a great site and is what a Cap does really well and the best thing is low rates as described in the manual are plenty. On high rates she is blindingly fast

I'm jealous. I've wanted a Carden version for some time. There was one in the marketplace a few weeks ago, a 30% I think that was really nice in price and absolutely gorgeous. It was not sold and hopefully it will pop up again.