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12-06-2006, 10:14 PM
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TEAM KAT-ANAS
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Snellville, Ga
Age: 44
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New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
I have taken on a project that saved the life of a severely crashed 42% FMG Cap 232. This is a German made kit: all composite fuse foam sheeted wings and stabs.
I started out by stripping all of the interior formers and glass. reglassed the interior and cleaned up all of the exterior damage. Built all new formers and engine box. Modified the wings by running them through a band saw and installing the wing root to the fuse as fillets. Glassed the rudder and repaired the wings and stabs. Airframe info: wing span......127" fuse length.....119" engine.... 3W 200 B2 weight..........48.5 lbs I have slowly worked on this for the last 6 months and am looking at test flying by Christmas. Steve |
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12-06-2006, 10:20 PM
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I have Issues
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Texas
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
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12-08-2006, 01:20 AM
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Bad-ass Super Contributer!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: STONY POINT N.Y USA
Age: 59
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
WELL LETS SEE THE B4 AND AFTER PICS DONT TEASE US !!!!
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12-08-2006, 01:22 AM
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Thanks for the Support!
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: USA, OH, Aurora
Age: 40
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
YEA man.... this is like a girl unbuttoning her shirt, turning around with her back facing you, popping the shirt off, and then NEVER TURNING AROUND!!!
Come on MAN!! LETS SEE!!! 
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12-08-2006, 01:39 AM
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Shane Quale
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Necedah, WI
Age: 30
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
FMG (Flug Modelle Gross)
Karlheinz Ruf- owner of FMG is a great guy. His planes rock. Posted below is a pic I took of his Cap 580 during a fly-in here in Germany. I got to hang out with the FMG crew and it was an absolute blast. Lets see the pics of the rebuilt one Shadow. 
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12-08-2006, 02:05 AM
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TEAM KAT-ANAS
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Snellville, Ga
Age: 44
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
Alright already I have a few pics to show you.
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12-08-2006, 02:13 AM
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TEAM KAT-ANAS
Join Date: May 2006
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
here are some more pics
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12-08-2006, 02:16 AM
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TEAM KAT-ANAS
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Snellville, Ga
Age: 44
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
Here is one of the new motor box and 3W 200
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12-08-2006, 02:43 AM
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
I see the ailerons are split ??
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12-08-2006, 02:49 AM
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Thanks for the Support!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: USA, OH, Aurora
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
yea man.. full ailerons, or a nice set of flaps with a flip of a switch!
Or CROW like a big ugly stick!! That would be neat... dive bomb landings!! Straight at the deck, hit the crow... and shoot to landing 4' off the ground!
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12-08-2006, 03:43 AM
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Bad-ass Super Contributer!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rantoul IL
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
Back in the day Split ailerons were a way of not getting the servos not to fight each other. Some people still do it but rare.
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12-08-2006, 06:39 PM
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TEAM KAT-ANAS
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Snellville, Ga
Age: 44
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
you are correct gentlemen about split ailerons. I saved this plane from being thrown into a dumpster after the crash. It sat in a storage space for several years. Back a few years the radio technology wasn't in existance so the ailerons would be split as to not bind servos. But with todays radio (JR9303) I might try and take advantage of it. Flaps for really short landings and crow for some crazy 3D manuevers.
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12-08-2006, 09:22 PM
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TEAM KAT-ANAS
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Snellville, Ga
Age: 44
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
Here are some more pics, the dash and canopy frame were hand made. Could not get a composite frame so I decided to make one out of wood. The dash is hand made from pictures off the internet and matted using picture frame matting. The pilot was carved out of foam by hand and then glassed and bondo to get a smooth finish.
Unfortunately, I did not take any before and after pictures while I was doing the repair work, I know I am such an idiot!!! |
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12-14-2006, 05:03 PM
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Say Ah!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Centreville, Va
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Re: New life for 42% FMG Cap 232
nice work, keep it up!
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