b52 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I have been looking for a pattern flyer of about 2 metres and am impressed with what i have heard about the Capiche. I want to buy a model which i could put an evolution 26gx petrol motor in. I would also prefer to use a tuned pipe or the optional quiet pipe which is designed for the evolution motor. Has anybody else used this combination or could anybody suggest an alternative petrol engine or tuned pipe or cannister for this model ? It has a pipe tunnel built in, although i dont think it will be long enough for the evolution quiet pipe. Any suggestions ? Thanks b52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cooper Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I am building a Capiche 140 at the moment and it will have a (tuned) West 180 F/S with a Genesis pipe. However, if this proves to be too little power, or hideously expensive to run, I will probably end up fitting a CRRC 40cc petrol engine. B.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Marr Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 don't think 26cc petrol is enough for a 2 meter pattern flyer, more ideal for a 6 foot plane but you'd need to keep it light. If you can fit it in the cowl of something around the 1.6 meter mark, you would get very good performance. The capiche would fly with it if you kept it very light but you'd find it a bit slugish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b52 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Hi James thanks for the advice. I am really keen on the capiche. I have been looking for a model of this size for some months. I am not keen on the edge 540s or the yaks as they do not have the longer and deeper fuselage. I mostly fly a sportsman aviation excelleron 50 with a saito 82 which is my first experience of a pattern flier and it is the best model I have flown. I now want to go up to a 2 metre size but with a petrol motor for economy. The evolution 26 with a pipe should produce about 9000 revs with a 16x8 prop. about 3.7 hp. torque should be 2.18 ft-lb at 8000 revs. I would use the evolution 35 but it jumps up by 555 grams to 1655 including the ignition system. I do not know of an alternative motor of this size and price which would be lighter in weight. The capiche with the 26cc should give a dry weight of about 12-12.5lb. Any thoughts ? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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