Originally posted by Chris300s
The fact is that NO 1/4 scale Cap is hovering or torque rolling on a YS except on the best of days... If all you want to do is fly sequences the YS will work fine on any of the previously mentioned planes. If you want to do any hovering a smaller plane or bigger motor are in the cards. Obviously you need a 1 to 1 thrust to weight ration to hover. However, once that thrust collumn is vectored (manuvering or hovering in a wind) you suddenly need up to 1.5 to 1 just to hover. 1.5 to 1 is the watermark. Most 3D guys are flying with 2 to 1 or even 3.5 to 1. Dave VonLinsowe's FC Giles is 28 lbs and his motor is putting out 99 lbs of thrust static.
If you cut up the Cap. Replace the firewall and landing gear with carbon fiber, use very short metal and nylon bolts, run 5 servos, a 16 oz tank, a 500 mah battery and pump the YS up on 45% heli fuel..... It'll torque roll on a calm day.
You can stick around... I like your way of thinking. :-)