Saturday was maiden day for my new Cap. All I can say is OMG! This thing is a rocket ship. I wanted an inexpensive 50cc sized plane to huck around with and I think this one is a winner
. My plan was to get it ready for Joe Nall, and after Saturdays fun I think it is.
The plane is very well made, and the covering is excellent. The build went pretty smooth with no problems. The only thing I did different was move the gas tank further back to get it closer to the CG. I also tinted the canopy. I'm running JR sport 126MG's on the ailerons and elevator, an 8611a on rudder (way overkill but I had it already), and a high speed low torque hitec on the throttle (again I already had it). I'm running the AR7000 receiver with two 6v 1450 mah nimh's and one 4.8v 1450mah battery on the ignition. I'm also running the smartfly optical ignition kill.
I chose the DL50 for this plane for two reasons, one was price and the other was curiosity. I've owned a DA50 in the past and I can say that they are both very similar. There are numerous threads on the engines so I don't wanna hear any DA vs DL arguments here! The DL was easy to start, ran strong, and never gave any trouble. I ran it a little rich in the video which was the second flight. I put seven flights on the plane and by the last flight I had the engine dialed in pretty good and started to really wring out the plane.
The plane is awesome with a 50cc on the front. I have it balanced right on the CG and it seems very happy there. The power is phenomenal, uplines accelerate, and yet its slow speed characteristics are really good. I couldn't get it to stall with the strong winds, this thing is definately a floater. Landings are a breeze, it would roll out for about 6 feet and stop in front of me every time. I was a little concerned that it may be snap happy (never had a cap before but heard stories), but I couldn't see any strange tendencies with this plane at all. Speaking of snaps, when you want it to it will do fantastic snaps. Rolls are very axial too. I did some rolling harriers which were real easy on this plane, hovering is almost too easy! I can't wait to get some more flights in on the engine so I can start letting it rip (figuratively, not prop sound). Harriers were great, very little wing rock indeed. I almost harrier landed it from about a hundred feet up, but transitioned into a hover at the last minute when I realized what I was doing!
I think the best way to describe this setup is "giant foamy". It feels light, but tracks like its on a rail and handles wind really well. I wasn't expecting this plane to fly as well as it does, I was very surprised out how it performed - much to my delight! This is going to be a fun plane! Much thanks to Jeff a.k.a. "Unbalanced" for keeping the motivation going and helping me git'r'done.
Cya'all at the 'Nall!
Video! Here is a link to the video, this was the second flight.
http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...79&ppuser=8407
*edit* I forgot to mention that we popped it onto the postal scale and it weighed in, ready to fly, at 13.11lbs
My Cap and Jeff "Unbalanced" W's Ultimate
