Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / March 2004

Hi Pat our field is at the highest point in the state of Wisconsin and
that's about all I can tell you on that, I'll have to find out the
altitude. Full throttle fuel consumption is around 1 1/2 oz's per
minute but you rarely need full power with the 1.80 and I run a 20.oz
tank so it's no problem getting an 8 to 10 minute flight. I mounted
the Moki on the aluminium mount that came with the cap and have had no
problems with that. As far as tail heavy I didn't have a problem with
that on my Chapman cap because of the moki being a bit on the heavy
side, that and I mounted my battery right on top of the tank and I
actualy came out in the middle of the c.g. range. I ran dual elevator
servo's mounted in the fuse where they belong and used D.B. pushrods
and of course the pull-pull on rudder. On my other H-9 cap,it was one
of their white versions, I run an O.S. 1.60 and I have to say other
than using a little more throttle to pull out of a hover there isn't
that much difference between it and the Moki power wise but it seems a
bit better on fuel and is a bit lighter than the moki so I had to
mount my throttle servo up on the back of the firewall and also
mounted the battery on top of the tank like I did in the Chapman cap.
The trick with these caps is to keep them as light as possible
12-121/2 pounds and make sure to latteraly balance them, don't get the
cg to far back and be easy on the elevator and they will fly as slow
as you want without any worry about tip stalling. I can float either
one of them in so slow it's almost scary hehe. I read so much about
tip stalling on these caps and just kinda shake my head because it
doesn't have to be. The biggest problem guy's have is they try to
stuff a gasser in them and wind up getting them way to heavy, that and
they feel they need to have the cg back in the tail feathers some
place for 3-D and it doesn't need that either and then they try to see
how much elevator they can get and then come into here and other
forums and cry about how bad their caps snap. Sorry about that rant
but do a search and you'll see what I mean, I was amazed at how slow
these bigger caps can really fly with no problems,a lot different than
my 40 size Kyosho cap, now that's a snap monster. What a bag of wind I
am hey? So there it is my friend and if you have any other questions
just hollar and remember to latteraly balance it, my wing tips are not
scuffed up.

Darn I almost forgot to tell ya, I mounted the 1.80 sideways.