Tony
Staff member
I have had this plane for quite some time now, and the time has finally come to put it in the air. The only thing that I will have to fabricate for this plane is the landing gears. Unfortunately, there is no one that sells them anymore, so I will have to make them out of aluminum. Not a big deal, I will just use the landing gear off the Extra 260 Mini as a template. The only thing different that I can tell is the bolt pattern. I will not be using wheel pants, so that takes a lot of headache out of the setup of this plane.
The motor is the Exceed Rocket Series 2215-1300, same as the Extra, and it will hover, I found that out last weekend. So I ordered one for this plane as well since they are the same size. It will also be swinging a 11x5.5 prop like the Extra. For those that don't know, the rule of thumb of a 3D plane is your pitch of the prop should be half your length. So a 12" would have a 6" pitch, 11 is 5.5", 10 is 5 and so on. This prop has proven to be more than enough thrust for this plane, and on the Extra, everything comes down cool to the touch. I could actually add more pitch to the prop if I wanted, but because it's a tail dragger, length is pretty much set where it's at. If I do want to try it, I do have an extra 12x6 that I purchased for my 50" Edge 540 that I could try. I also have a 13x8, but that is actually on my 50" Edge 540 lol.
The servos are the EXI D113F. The 113's are the exact same as the 213's, except they are plastic geared. I would have paid the buck extra for the 213, but they were out of stock. And weight is an issue on these.
I ordered aluminum control horns for this plane, and I think I will be ordering more. They are the perfect size, and look rather strong. I will just have to find some screws to put them on. I have a lot of servo screws laying around, but if those won't work, I will use 4-40's with a lock nut to hold them in place.
The ESC is the Proton 30a. I'm using the 40a on the Extra, but they were out of stock, so I decided that I would try the 30's. If I burn one up, I know not to do that again lol. But, these motors pull a max of 27 amps according to what the page says. If you do the math, at 11.1 volts, and the motor pulling 300 watts, the amp rating would be 27.03, so I should be safe. Just to make sure, I will see if someone will let me borrow their watt meter just to double check.
I will be using 2" foam light weight wheels on the plane front and rear. Battery just like the Extra will be a 2200mah 3s 35c pack. Radio equipment will be a DX8 and OrangeRx maybe. If I don't run the OrangeRx, then I will run the AR6210 that came with the DX8. Either this plane, or the Bipe will be getting an OrangeRx however, I'm running low on them lmao.
Below are the pics I took just after epoxying the wings together. Yes, this Edge Mini does not have removable wings. And yes, that sucks. But it's a great looking plane so I don't care. The real challenge will be putting the 50" Edge 540, The 40" Extra 260, the Edge 540 mini, and the Rogue 3D Bipe all in my Camaro at the same time and still leave room for me lmao. It will happen. How? I'm not quite sure yet.
The motor is the Exceed Rocket Series 2215-1300, same as the Extra, and it will hover, I found that out last weekend. So I ordered one for this plane as well since they are the same size. It will also be swinging a 11x5.5 prop like the Extra. For those that don't know, the rule of thumb of a 3D plane is your pitch of the prop should be half your length. So a 12" would have a 6" pitch, 11 is 5.5", 10 is 5 and so on. This prop has proven to be more than enough thrust for this plane, and on the Extra, everything comes down cool to the touch. I could actually add more pitch to the prop if I wanted, but because it's a tail dragger, length is pretty much set where it's at. If I do want to try it, I do have an extra 12x6 that I purchased for my 50" Edge 540 that I could try. I also have a 13x8, but that is actually on my 50" Edge 540 lol.
The servos are the EXI D113F. The 113's are the exact same as the 213's, except they are plastic geared. I would have paid the buck extra for the 213, but they were out of stock. And weight is an issue on these.
I ordered aluminum control horns for this plane, and I think I will be ordering more. They are the perfect size, and look rather strong. I will just have to find some screws to put them on. I have a lot of servo screws laying around, but if those won't work, I will use 4-40's with a lock nut to hold them in place.
The ESC is the Proton 30a. I'm using the 40a on the Extra, but they were out of stock, so I decided that I would try the 30's. If I burn one up, I know not to do that again lol. But, these motors pull a max of 27 amps according to what the page says. If you do the math, at 11.1 volts, and the motor pulling 300 watts, the amp rating would be 27.03, so I should be safe. Just to make sure, I will see if someone will let me borrow their watt meter just to double check.
I will be using 2" foam light weight wheels on the plane front and rear. Battery just like the Extra will be a 2200mah 3s 35c pack. Radio equipment will be a DX8 and OrangeRx maybe. If I don't run the OrangeRx, then I will run the AR6210 that came with the DX8. Either this plane, or the Bipe will be getting an OrangeRx however, I'm running low on them lmao.
Below are the pics I took just after epoxying the wings together. Yes, this Edge Mini does not have removable wings. And yes, that sucks. But it's a great looking plane so I don't care. The real challenge will be putting the 50" Edge 540, The 40" Extra 260, the Edge 540 mini, and the Rogue 3D Bipe all in my Camaro at the same time and still leave room for me lmao. It will happen. How? I'm not quite sure yet.
