pawnshopmike
Staff member
Aeroplus 111" Edge 540 V3 assembly
- Thread starter Pancake
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Pancake
50cc
It is a sexy airframe! Best looking plane I've ever owned (next to my old sebart SU 29!)
I spent a few hours yesterday going over and tightening everything. New tailwheel, blocked the bottom hole in the cowl save for a tiny slit so I can see the needles on the carb, intalled my venom cyl head temp meter, and tightened the rudder pull pull cables.
My system was drawing 600mah/flight with the Tech-aero. That seems high to me so I checked all my servo matching. I couldn't find any binding anywhere. Maybe that's just the price of running 9 mega torque servos on 7.4v with an IBEC. 6 7950s, 2 7980s, and a 7954 on throttle.
Anyway, I'm ready for the next flights! I hope blocking that bottom hole settled the engine down!
I spent a few hours yesterday going over and tightening everything. New tailwheel, blocked the bottom hole in the cowl save for a tiny slit so I can see the needles on the carb, intalled my venom cyl head temp meter, and tightened the rudder pull pull cables.
My system was drawing 600mah/flight with the Tech-aero. That seems high to me so I checked all my servo matching. I couldn't find any binding anywhere. Maybe that's just the price of running 9 mega torque servos on 7.4v with an IBEC. 6 7950s, 2 7980s, and a 7954 on throttle.
Anyway, I'm ready for the next flights! I hope blocking that bottom hole settled the engine down!
pawnshopmike
Staff member
Glad I'm not the only one that throws out their shoulder starting those gassers. Back in the day when @Decal Dennis was the service tech for Mintor I use to help him out once in a while. One night he was working on a couple Mintor 220's I was flippin the crap out of them. My arm hurt for a month! Thought I did permanent damage but it finally healed up.
Decal Dennis
TEAM EP&G
Glad I'm not the only one that throws out their shoulder starting those gassers. Back in the day when @Decal Dennis was the service tech for Mintor I use to help him out once in a while. One night he was working on a couple Mintor 220's I was flippin the crap out of them. My arm hurt for a month! Thought I did permanent damage but it finally healed up.
Ah yeah....the good ole Mintor engine days, did I just say good?!?!?!
Jetpainter
640cc Uber Pimp
I feel your pain! A friend and I flipped on his DA200 one day for what seamed like forever until we realized the choke servo had burned up and the choke was never on. 
Pancake
50cc
Flew the Edge again today. Managed 7 flights before my friends left the field. Since I don't like to operate big gassers without someone else on hand in case of an injury I packed it up and came home.
The engine is settling down. Its still a little burbly in the mid range, and it did quit on me at the bottom of a blender. Luckily I got it back no problems, upped the idle a bit and went back up. I can't wait for my new Bjorn Bowman rings! It runs, and it has decent comperession when flipped hard, but slowly turning it through by hand there isn't much resistance. It made pretty decent power for being brand new. Max temp was 265 degrees after about a minute of hovering and full throttle max deflection rolling loops and circles. Maybe those 2 little inlet holes with a tight fitting baffle is all it needs! I was pretty surprised. It was a little cool today.
Flying qualities- this is my favorite part! Today I felt good enough about the engine to really play with the airframe. I moved the CG back a bit and started flying 3D rates. There is a tiny bit of roll coupling, and an almost imperceptible pull to the canopy. I usually use a mix to help manage coupling, but with this airplane it's almost unnecessary. I didn't use any mix today and the plane flew like it was on rails. I was doing deep death slides with full rudder and it came down like a tomahawk almost hands off. It flies awesome. My first snaps overrotated a bit, but I blame slower servos then what I'm used to. After adjusting my thumbs this plane snaps as clean as any Extra I've ever flown! I went through the trim schedule, and it needed no adjustment. I'm going to keep moving the CG back until I get a straight inverted 45 with no deflection. I don't want to gush, but I'm convinced this thing is going to kick ass at IMAC!
The engine is settling down. Its still a little burbly in the mid range, and it did quit on me at the bottom of a blender. Luckily I got it back no problems, upped the idle a bit and went back up. I can't wait for my new Bjorn Bowman rings! It runs, and it has decent comperession when flipped hard, but slowly turning it through by hand there isn't much resistance. It made pretty decent power for being brand new. Max temp was 265 degrees after about a minute of hovering and full throttle max deflection rolling loops and circles. Maybe those 2 little inlet holes with a tight fitting baffle is all it needs! I was pretty surprised. It was a little cool today.
Flying qualities- this is my favorite part! Today I felt good enough about the engine to really play with the airframe. I moved the CG back a bit and started flying 3D rates. There is a tiny bit of roll coupling, and an almost imperceptible pull to the canopy. I usually use a mix to help manage coupling, but with this airplane it's almost unnecessary. I didn't use any mix today and the plane flew like it was on rails. I was doing deep death slides with full rudder and it came down like a tomahawk almost hands off. It flies awesome. My first snaps overrotated a bit, but I blame slower servos then what I'm used to. After adjusting my thumbs this plane snaps as clean as any Extra I've ever flown! I went through the trim schedule, and it needed no adjustment. I'm going to keep moving the CG back until I get a straight inverted 45 with no deflection. I don't want to gush, but I'm convinced this thing is going to kick ass at IMAC!
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