I'm kind of jealous Kelly. A new house, a new DA twin, a new plane. Want me to build it and maiden it for you? I could check it all out for you. Make sure it's all good.
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OMG...this sounds so like me three years ago. Great Planes 27% Edge 540, RCG 50, (which ran awesome and still does to this day) 5 cell Nimh x (2) for rx., 4 cell Nimh for ign. Admittedly it too was a tank. Nearly 18 lbs. Flew really great and liked it. But thought, "If this is good, I can just imagine an updated newer airframe and more mainstream motor"! Hence the Pilot Edge. I was so "HOOKED" from that moment on!In 2010 I was pretty new to gas and bought my first "giant ARF" that was an edge just like your old one but mine was the 30cc redbull scheme. I had a side carb DLE30 that I bought that custom rear conversion being made over on FG. Converted it and the plane flew great. Only problem was I was just coming off of glow with limited knowledge and I loaded the thing up with dual 5 cell NiMh packs, with a 4 cell NiMh on ignition and all the associated switches, etc. Man, looking back that thing was a TANK!! It really flew well though for sport flying and I learned to hover at about 100ft!!
That's awesome to hear he is pleased with it. I like self destructive planes.@stangflyer I did sell the 3 dub to a guy who knows a close friend of mine. He has it on a Giant Hots.
I went over it with him and made carb adjustments and increased the pop off pressure so the carb stopped dribbling fuel.
He is very happy with it. I started him on a 24x10 xoar for a few gallons and he is now swinging a 26x10. He told me it's so much more powerful than the DLE 55 he had that it pulled some of the covering and balsa sheeting off the bottom of the plane !
By the way, I've been known to touch things more than once. But not your ex girlfriends. They'd just want me to never stop.
