Pilot RC 42% Edge 540.

[thurmma]

Thank you for the link. If the rear of the wing tube is correct, I am going to be WAY nose heavy. I will look for markings inside the fuse.

You're welcome. My marking is a circle with crosshairs in it.

 

[kwilson]

You're welcome. My marking is a circle with crosshairs in it.

Well I took it out for the maiden yesterday and sure enough, there was a CG marking on one of the motor box sides about an inch or so in front of the wing tube. My balance was right on the money and man is this a great flying plane! Rock solid harriers and just a super light flyer. Love it!

 

[thurmma]

That is great news! I love mine, but building an Extra 330SC for IMAC stuff. Tired of trying to force the Edge to stall

 

[Fishhook2670]

Only bad point on my Edge is the stall trying to make it look good. Hard for me anyway.

 

[kwilson]

It's not that difficult to make the Edge stall/spin acceptably for IMAC. There are a couple of common mistakes that folks make in set up that are easily fixed. First - too much elevator. You should set the elevator to 10-12 degrees up and down, which is plenty for precision flight. Second - idle up too high. Fix those two things and you should be able to show a nice break and spin entry with just about any plane. It does take practice though!

 

[Zzaro]

Hey guys!
It's been a long time since I have posted anything in this forum so I figured I'd give an update on my progress. Since I last posted I was asking about savox servos and I decided to go with them. I have them installed along with the RX and smart fly power expander. The only thing I am waiting on is the engine. I was going to go with the DLE-170 but I am know thinking of the DLE-222. Anybody know anything good or bad about this choice?

 

[Fishhook2670]

222 always need more power, if you can

 

[crfabbro1]

Well I took it out for the maiden yesterday and sure enough, there was a CG marking on one of the motor box sides about an inch or so in front of the wing tube. My balance was right on the money and man is this a great flying plane! Rock solid harriers and just a super light flyer. Love it!

Did it balance with rudder servos in the tail or did you do pull/pull? Cans or std. mufflers? I'm getting to the point on my build to start thinking about balance.

 

[yakken]

My brother is running one with servos in the tail on cans and it balances out

 

[Fishhook2670]

It is such a good flying plane even I couldn't mess up. Servos push pull in the tail, 157 3w comp on the nose. Power galore.