I feel your pain. I did the same thing back in Oct 2001 with the h9 cap. Sounds like we were doing the same thing. I was on my final turn towards the runway and it just fell out of the sky.

I didn't have enough speed going into the turn and I think the engine died too. It smashed the fuse up pretty good. I eventually fixed it and bought a new wing.

Took it up again after about two months and crashed it again on my third flight. This time it wasn't because of a stall. The engine died again and I didn't have enough speed to turn back to the runway. It hit a tree at low speed. Smashed the wing hard. I fixed it again.

So far two strikes...one more then I'm out.

In the third re-incarnation of the plane I took out the unreliable engine and replaced it with an brand spanking new OS 160. I'm convinced that lighter flies better (especially with this plane) so I'm trying to make it as light as possible.

I lost half a pound switching from the Moki 180 to the OS 160. I'm dremeling out all the uneccessary wood (enlarged the lightening holes in the ailerons, driling holes everywhere) and took out the foam that is on top of the servo tray. I placed an order for Carbon Fiber landing gear as well as a Dave Patrick tailwheel set. Took off the wheel pants.

In my original setup the plane weighed 13.5 pounds. I'm shooting for 12 pounds with this new setup. Hopefully the tip stall characteristics won't be as bad.

I haven't flown it yet as I'm waiting for better weather here in NY.