Resurected H-9 CAP 232
 

This is a rebuild using salvaged parts from 3 wrecked CAPs. The Right wing panel and the tail group is from the first one that I spun in years back while the Left wing panel came from a friends that did not survive the first flight. The landing gear is from another one of mine, A SIG Cap 231. It was destroyed in a head to head mid air with a US Aircorps trainer. The gear was all that salvaged. The Aircorps went in the trash barrel.
Anyway, I stripped everything, joined the wing panels, built a new fuselage from aft of the cockpit forward and put on a new cowl from Stans Fibertech.
I decided that the SIG Breitling scheme would be an interesting change from the original Matt Chapman covering so that is the direction it went.
Power is a OS FT-160 twin which pulls the 11# plane with authority.
Yes I could have put a new one together with less effort but they are no longer available plus it was the principal of the thing.

RE: Resurected H-9 CAP 232
 

Nice work. Enjoy.

RE: Resurected H-9 CAP 232
 

Thanks for the compliment.

The later generation ARFs have more potential for repair and rebuild than the earlier offerings.

Unless a person is very familiar with this particular airplane they would not know it is a rebuild.

I often wonder why H-9 dropped this one in favor of the 80" model. They certainly do not appeal to the same market. The nice thing about it though is that there are other 73" versions out there so that the sport aerobatic market place still has choices.

RE: Resurected H-9 CAP 232
 

This proves that one mans junk is another mans treasure!

RE: Resurected H-9 CAP 232
 

This is another rebuild by friend. This was my 2nd H-9 232 that was heavily damaged after clipping a mesquite bush on a dead stick landing. Left wing crushed back to the spar and ripped from the fuselage. The fuselage was blown up on one side along with the left elevator and horizontal stab. The canopy is from a Sig CAP 231. The airframe had over 400 flights prior to the crash and based on the way it flys after the rebuild it should go another 400.

RE: Resurected H-9 CAP 232
 

Good job! Just shows to go ya.....what you can do if you want to!

Jerry