Fiberglass specialist also make a nice FG Cowl for this plane. Daz...

Yup, Badge is right! I got mine from Stan's via TNT Landinggear too!! I use TNT Gear for some of my "sport" stuff so I got them togather to save S&H charges.

One thing you may want to do to the Cap is to reinforce the gear mount.(I speak from experience!) I made a bridge of 1/8" light ply going over the mounting plate connecting to the wing mount former, and going a couple of inches foward the mounting plate and epoxied to the side formers. I then put a couple of 3/8" balsa triangle pieces on top of the gear mount and epoxied to the bridge. I since have had one rough landing (bent the gear clean up to the wing level!) but NO damage to the mount at all.

I suggest using a good quality finishing resin for all plywood(Z-Poxy). It is thin, light and will soak into the wood and give you added strenght.

Best of luck, and thanks for the compliments on my "baby",

The rudder on that thing is huge! That's the stock rudder size right.... because wow!

I don't remember what it was, but isn't there a problem with the GP cap232's throws that is wrong in the manual? I don't even know if it is the throws, but I know that some people have had problems with it, such as m. gramling described when it rolled to the left on take off.

I don't know if you can compare this to the GP cap232, but there is a Kyosho Cap232 ARF that I see a lot of. I don't know if uts good though... I haven't loked into it. I would rather build the kit myslef, but it's your presonal preference.

-Brian

I love the rudder in my Cap make sure you go with a good high torque servo dont use a standard servo. For the throws I never go by the manual for setting low rates I set them very low and after take off I adjust them in flight with my radio. This plane like all caps will snap very quickly if your not careful just go easy on the throws till you get a few flights on it or if you do have a computer radio adjust them in flight.

Ya, the stock rudder on this thing is huge. I had a friend built this thing for me. He brought it out to the field one day. Most people thought this thing was a 60size. If you put this plane up against a Sig SE it makes the SE fuselage looks like a 20 size plane.

I don't use the manual for the low rates. Crank them up. I have been flying for 4 years, and have built (7) airplanes and flown over 20 differant type of airplanes. I thought if I went by the book I would be fine. Because I have never had a problem of not having enough throw. My instruction booklet stated "these alierons are small but don't let them fool you, set the throws w/ these rates for intinial flight." If it wasn't for that statement I would have cranked up the throws, but I listened to the book and it cost me an airplane. As I stated earlier I didn't have enough throw to correct the plane. I don't want somebody to loose this plane because of small but large technical problem like I did. Also check the CG. I had mine set by the instruction book. I read somewhere that the older kits had a wrong CG. I think mine was set at 4.25-4.5" back from leading edge. The web site states 3.75" I think the CG has been corrected. I bought my kit in fall of 2000, but I didn't start building it until fall of 2001. So go to GP website and make sure you have the correct CG.

I wish i could fly this plane. I would love to know how it flys. I will also wonder if it was a good flying plane or not.

My GP's Cap is one of the best flying planes that I have flown, I am thinking of building another one and incorporating some improvements such as a pull-pull rudder and two elevator servo's (makes it easier to get that 40 degrees of deflection for 3D). My current Cap airframe has a good year and a half of wild flying on it, it's still quite airworthy. The plane is large for a .40 size craft, see picture, GP's .40 Cap and a 1/4 scale Piper Tomahawk.

Just back from the field after the first flight of my GP Cap (with an O.S. .70 four-stroke).

I was extremely nervous (C.G. Tiger 2 is the only plane I had flown before this one) but there was really no need-- this thing flies beautifully! Gear mounted in stock position had absolutely no tendency to nose-over. Take-off at less than half-throttle (mind you, I've only had three tanks of fuel through the engine... I cannot wait for full break-in!!). A few clicks of right aileron and I was doing loops, rolls, inverted flight and hammer-heads on my first flight. For landing the thing slowed to a crawl (no snapping tendencies here!) and touched-down perfectly! I've had three flights now and cannot wait for more!

I now understand why so many people say that this plane "flies large." It just feels so stable in the air.

What an amazing aircraft! Mrs. Cross-- you're husband did a fine job with this one!

Heres mine.

Has an OS .46 FX in it. Needs more power though.

This is my GP CAP. I wasnt really interested in a small CAP, I figured it would be heavy & snappy. Through a bunch of winter trades I ended up with this kit partially built, a .61FX and a handful of very good servos. I bought a PITTS muffler and treated it to a little covering and VIOLA!

I am in search of 40 size CAP nirvana with this one. I now have the CG about 1/2" aft of plan, some right thrust and some down thrust. It flies a little bit too much like a small CAP, but it does fly good. Real good.

Build time was about three weeks. Fiberglass cowl from Stans. No wheel pants