Projects RCH Edge 540 I was tempted and gave in!

Tony

Tony

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Very colorful. Seems you all can build them faster than I can lmao. Although I'm having to build mine over again. Just finished gluing it together a few hours ago. Now, I'm working on a scheme for it.... Not sure if that is going to go well...

Post a maiden video!
 
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Gerald

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Tony said:
What in the hell is a "Bumbaclad"?
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Well I have no idea?

Sounds Jamaican, A friend at work saw the plane and said it looks Jamaican! That was not the intent! I wanted very differnt colors top and bottom and I used what I currently have the most of in my packing tape supply.....Green and Yellow! I have purple and pink too but good heavens I can't bring myself to fly a pink plane! Well may be for a charity event like breast cancer awarness but not just to fly!

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Where the heck is the CG on this bird?
 
Tony

Tony

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CoG will depend on what you want to do with it. Sport flying, set it to about 33% chord. 3D flying, almost 50% chord. I set mine right where the KFM drops on the top of the wing. I'm going to try a little farther back on this new plane and see if I can get it more stable below stall speeds.
 
Tony

Tony

Staff member
Ah, yeah I don't speak any of that lmao. Don't have many of those guys around here lol.
 
Derek

Derek

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Ok....I want landing gear on mine now. Gerald....can you show some good pics, or maybe a video, of the materials that you used and how you attached them to the plane? Thanks buddy!
 
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Gerald

Member
Ok so Derek the landing gear is made from 3/32 piano wire following this pattern. The red lines show the alteration that allow the strap to fit over. So follow the red lines.
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You just bend the wire to match the pattern and you can make it taller or shorter as needed, I'll try to do a video.
Then figure out approx. where the back of the LG will set, make a small hole for the wire in the fuse and snake it thru, I hot glued popsicle sticks to be a backer for the wire against the horizontal fuse plate and then as you can see from the pictures, I secured the wire with plastic LG straps and servo screws into the popsicle sticks and added the tires.


EyeStation, The motor mount is actually the one from Dereks bi-plane pattern, which sadly is no longer in my fleet due to an over applying of the earth brakes :)

I just used his pattern and modified the cut out area of the Edges nose to fit it in I use 3/16" hobby ply-wood, You can sort of see by the picture I added some down thrust.

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Hope that helps guys

Flew it today video coming soon!
 
Tony

Tony

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Where's the video? There is supposed to be video!! Is the video uploaded yet? How about now? Now? :twitch:
 
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Gerald

Member
Re: RCH Edge 540 I was tempted and gave in! VIDEO

Ok here is the maiden flight video! I did not do the maiden, I opted to have an experienced pilot test it!

Tom Duffy did the Maiden at the YARCC air field, Tom is the president of the club and just a super nice guy!
He runs up and down the flight line fixing, adjusting, testing and what ever else he can do to make it a great experience for every one!
OH and he can fly very well!

The video is short but he manages a flat spin, snap roll and a prop hang in just a minute or so!

[video=youtube_share;8z4Zp-U0a7g]http://youtu.be/8z4Zp-U0a7g[/video]​
 
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