I have access to a dril press and the tap, let me know.

Yeah, he's going to be available Thursday night. Thanks though. I'm thinking about entering the IMAC competition in Arvada in a few weekends with this one.

me thinks you need to order a second engine....


I should be at the field all next weekend. and Wednesday as well.

Just FYI Jeff Carte won 2nd in basic this past weekend. I've been saying the Cap is so smooth and steady it would make a good IMAC plane.

I was right.

TF

So I finally got a chance to work on the CAP. I started tonight by installing the SIG wheel pant mounts. If you've never used them, I suggest you try them. I first figured out where the inside pant needed to go. Then, using the axle, I found where the outside pant goes. I just used the drilled holes for the inside pant to figure out the drill location for the outside mount. I used a GP dead drill tool to accomplish this. Just took it out of the rest of the tool. Once you do one side, do the other.

In the end, you get nice pants that will never crack from vibration and never give you any trouble at all. No loctite required.

Also, check out the tail wheel assembly. It's pretty nice. I also put the rudder tiller arms on.

Hey Ben,

Thanks for chiming in on the Flying Giants thread I posted on a plane for the OS 160. I opted for the Tunnel Vision which is coming along well, waiting for some parts to finish it. I friend is finishing up his WH 73" Edge and it is looking sooooo good, makes me wonder if I made the wrong decision. But we need more variety at the field and I was hoping to get a good tax refund and get one of the 50 cc WH's. So, my question to you is which one would you chose if this was your first gas plane? It seems from all the posts on RCU that you have experience with many WH planes. The Cap you are building now looks like a really sweet one!

Karl

They're all built to last. People have complained that they can't destroy there bunny. If you're planning on getting a DA 50, for example, I would recommend any of them. The CAP however would be my first choice. I've heard of people coming in at 15.5 lbs. stock with a DA 50. Of course, if you got the Edge or Extra, you could get it down to 16-16.5 lbs. using micro servos on throttle, CF spinner, CF wing and stab tubes. The advantage of the Edge or Extra is that they can probably take a little more of a beating. Let me PM you an offer.

Ben's right about them taking a beating. I have always had a thing for Cap's and when I dumb-thumbed my H9 80" Cap, I looked far and wide for something comparable. Couldn't find one, so I went to a WH 300LX, just transferring the guts from the old plane. The 300LX has been a real winner and flies great! I am waiting for command authority to get one of Tom's Cap's and it will be the 91".

BTW, Ben you are doing a great job on the review. Keep it up, we need a video!

Thanks Dave, hopefully I can maiden her this weekend and get a video of that.

Tonight, I fuel proofed the firewall and adjacent ares. I also installed the fuel tank in addition to the receiver. Since I like to run redundant receiver batteries, I'm also installing a Smart Fly BatShare as well as a Smart Fly Regulator. Running redundant batteries saved my Edge last weekend. I had one battery get flung to the back of the plane doing knife edge spins.

I just put on some more bling tonight. I'm going to be mounting the engine tomorrow and trying to get things finished up.

Well, with phamil1's help, I got the engine mounted today. Pretty sweet set up. Now that the beast is in the cowl. I finally got a chance to glue the rudder. I also set up the pull-pull cables. I haven't sealed the rudder hinge gap yet, but I'll do that tomorrow morning or sometime before I put the cotter pins in the horns. And lastly, there's a picture with the cowling on.

Ben If you go to the field tomorow call me. I want to see it fly.

It's not going to be ready and there's 25-35 mph winds in the forecast for this weekend. I'm going to hopefully maiden it the following weekend with the renegade group to get a video and then i'll probably head from there out to Love Air to fly it some more.

Well, I attached the horizontal stabilizers and attached the elevators to the elevator servos. Had to adjust the linkages a little bit, but nothing too bad. I also add some pull-pull exit covers over the cables. Pretty slick, eh?

Then after than, I got some cardboard laid out to help make the cutouts for the mufflers. I also took some dimensions for the engine baffles.

Ben

Thats a beautiful bird, nice extra's. Earlier you talked about installing surfaces using Tom's tape method, where can I find the link to that.

Thanks
Dale

Download the Cap manual at

http://www.wildharerc.com/Downloads/cap232manual.pdf

Page 11 is where to look.

TF

I didn't have time to do much this evening. I got the cardboard template cut for the mufflers. I'm still going to cut kind of a big rectangle in the cowling, but that's so I can get it on with the mufflers attached and to allow for proper engine cooling. I also cut some balsa for the baffling.

I got the cowling cut tonight. Pretty easy and got really close on the first try. I'm going to have to cut some small semi circles as the mufflers are really close to the cowl. The paint is cracking in one place because it's right up against the muffler. I should be able to finish it up tomorrow so that I can maiden on Saturday weather pending. I put it all together tonight to see about where it's going to balance at. If I keep everything where it is, move the ignition battery towards the front and install the switches up there, should be about right.

looks reeeeal nice

Well, it's 3:20 in the morning, but it's done...

Beatiful job, Ben!

Now, I expect you to on the flightline at 8am ready to video! :P

Ben I will be at Love Air all day today and tomorow as long as the wind holds off.....hope to see you there!

Jawohl Commandant

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