3DHS 58" Edge 540

[Luv3d]

Gary,
Looks great- let us know how the maiden goes. I finished mine Sunday night and did a maiden on Monday morning. It flew very well for the first battery pack. Mine is set up for 3300 4s and a 16x8.

 

[Luv3d]

Bad 2nd Flight

 

[gyro]

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OMG! What happened? I've never seen the wing tube folded in half like that!?!

 

[Luv3d]

Me neither; not sure. I put full elevator in to begin a parachute (pretty slow speed)- and the plane rotated, then the wings folded. You can see what happened after that.

 

[gyro]

Me neither; not sure. I put full elevator in to begin a parachute (pretty slow speed)- and the plane rotated, then the wings folded. You can see what happened after that.

Geez... we need to figure out what happened, that doesn't sound normal. Could there have been a flaw in the CF tube?

Planning to maiden mine tomorrow with the new leopard motor, now I'm scared!

 

[Luv3d]

I'm sure mine was a one-off; I'm sure yours will be fine. There are many of these flying without any problems- and were flown much more aggressively than I flew this in the 2 flights.

 

[gyro]

I'm sure mine was a one-off; I'm sure yours will be fine. There are many of these flying without any problems- and were flown much more aggressively than I flew this in the 2 flights.

Fair enough... I'm sure mine will be fine too. Back to yours... an elevator shouldn't snap the wing tube, especially on 4s...are you sure the wings folded in flight?

 

[Luv3d]

Yes. The pictures tell the story, really. The wing tube broke in the middle; folded up like a swan, then down it came.

 

[gyro]

Yes. The pictures tell the story, really. The wing tube broke in the middle; folded up like a swan, then down it came.

Safe to say you're going to call 3dhs next week and see if they can help?

 

[weaser42]

Something wrong out of the gate for that to happen for sure. Mine on 6S 4315 has insane power and it handles anything I can throw at it. Full power tumbles are just silly.