Ordered my first gasser!

[3drat]

well done good to hear

[Black Bird]

I have the TOC also. Continue to give updates on aircraft and engines performance. When you take that bit out of your mouth ofcourse.

[thewrap]

He I have a Toc on a Sukhoi from WH and that thing has a ton of power. Use a 22x8 prop and that has so much power it's stupid.

[OverTheEdge]

I've only got about 1.5 gallon at 32:1 break in mix through mine and so far with a 22x8 bunny prop it's idling pretty smooth at 1400 and spins up to 7200. I just got back from the field and got 4 good flights on it today! I've got pics and video that I'll try to get posted tonight or tomorrow. By my fourth flight I got more comfortable with it (keep in mind this is my first gasser and the largest plane I've ever flown so still got the nerves...) I did some 4 points, knife edge both directions and a couple of desent looking blenders. So far I'm diggin' this gas thing! I do need to add a bit of right thrust... when I pull straight up to verticle I have to add just a light touch of right rudder to keep it on line.
Boy is it gonna be difficult to take any of my glow planes to the field ever again... Anyone wanna buy some un-used glow planes... LOL

[OverTheEdge]

I'm going to try to post some pics and a video here... hope it works.

[OverTheEdge]

Let's try the pics now...

[Black Bird]

Nice vid. The TOC sounded sweet. We live in the air. We die by fire. Gud Job!!

[Flatlandman]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Jonathan Ott
	You'll want to go with something better than the 225's for throttle and choke (you might be okay if you got the metal gear version) Anyone else have thoughts on this? Hitec 425's might be a better choice, and their price is right too. Jon

I used the metal gears in my WH extra and started having issues with one sent in my motor because i thought the da was stuttering but it turned out to be the servo was going bad under the vibrations. I replaced it with a new 225 metal gear and a month later in the middle of My freestyle routine at The Don Carmichael Imac contest the throttle went hay wire and i had to dead stick the plane in 2:30 into the 4 min routine. I replaced the servo with a hitec 6965 and no probs to date several hundred flights later.

shameless photo plug-in of me and my plane "Lucky"

[OverTheEdge]

Question... What's everybody use when plugging in your aileron extentions together when you assemble your plane at the field to keep them from unpluggin/coming loose?

[alsaygh_81]

you mean 5-6 hrs hahahha im joking

it's eyse to bild


goooooooooooooood luck doud

[phippsj]

Use heat shrink tubing if it's a permanent connection. If it's a connection that you have to plug and unplug all the time, then get some keepers. Wildhare should have supplied those with the ARF. They are the plastic zig-zag things in the parts bag, and could be any color. They work fine.

[ottrod]

Hey, good job on the Edge - your plane looks great! I ordered mine a couple of weeks ago and can't wait to see it.

Keep the pics and vids coming

[OverTheEdge]

Well I bought something else today to go along with my new gasser!
I didn't think much about transporting a bigger plane when I bought my Edge... It just barely fits in my truck and if my 10 year old daughter wants to fly her kadet sr on the same day I want to fly my Edge... well... I'm basically screwed. So I've been looking around for a cheap trailer and today it just fell into my lap!
I got an email from a local club president that had an airplane hauler for sale. I actually saw this trailer earlier in the year at a fly-in and thought it was just about right for what I need. It's a pop-up type camper that's been gutted and made into an airplane hauler... it's got a small fridg in it, good tires, tie down straps and other misc for securing gear etc... overall in very good shape. Bought it for $75.00!
It'll due for a year or two until I can scrape up enough $$ for something nicer.

I've flown the snot outta the Edge and have been just having a blast! It's like getting started all over again in this hobby... lol I've added some vinyl lettering to personalize it a bit too. My only complaint with the plane itself is... There's a small black trim strip on the right wing... whatever was used for this covering sucks! It is definately cheap stuff and just doesn't want to re-shrink worth a darn! (winter project... gonna carefully take that black off and replace with something better!)

[Black Bird]

The TOC is working well with the velocity stack?

[OverTheEdge]

The jury is still out...
It did pretty much eliminate the blow by problem. At first when I started it up, the idle was way high, no big deal just adjusted the epa in the radio and brought it back down. Had to lean both needles just a fuzz. Unfortunately I don't have any good tach numbers to compare to see what the stack did to the top end. I originallly had a 22x8 bunny on this engine (before the stack) and it tached at 7200+... then I tried a 22x8 xoar (I know people say they are the same prop,,, but when compared side by side... they are not... tips are slightly different and the thickness of the blade is not the same. I have not measured with calipers but you can feel the difference with just your fingers) anyway... like a dummy... I never tached the xoar with out the stack. But... I had the xoar on when I put the stack on and didn't think much about it at the time (I JUST WANTED TO FLY! ) Bottom line is the xoar tached at 6900 with the stack and cowl in place and the plane seemed to perform well. Now it's getting pretty cold here (25 degrees here this morning )and I'll probably have to wait until spring to do some good comparison and number gathering.
Sorry for the long rambling answer....
I'm gonna have a real hard time knocking the dust off of one of my glow planes when that gasser is always calling my name when I wanna fly... lol