Bill Hempel 50% Edge

[innovator]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Wayne
	Bill, Unfortunately, this plane will not be flown as intended with its new owner. He will fly it more like a Sig Seniorita. Innovator is extrememly afraid of bank and pitch angles that exceed 45 degrees. I will violate the airplane though like it is intended to be.

I've got your 45 degrees right here, you round mouth.

[Wayne]

Jabrone..

[snap a saurus]

Go for it Wayne, the plane is plenty strong, it can even handle a Snapasaurus.

[zumaboster]

Hi,What is the little thing just ahead of the" EQ10 power thingy", the little blue thing? Looks like a few batts under the blue with a circuit board next to them?

[Supermod56]

	Quote: Originally Posted by planebender
	Very nice. Good luck with the new bird. Whass up Tom? Bender

Same ole, getting one of the new scheme 260's from Bill, can't wait!!!! How about you?
Tom

[toc pilot]

The new 260's should be sent this week. Hopefully!

YEAH!


BH

[innovator]

	Quote: Originally Posted by zumaboster
	Hi,What is the little thing just ahead of the" EQ10 power thingy", the little blue thing? Looks like a few batts under the blue with a circuit board next to them?

That is the fromeco D-Cup.

[innovator]

Still too much snow on the ground to get a maiden flight. This is becoming one long winter.
Oh yeah, I had a 7 x 14' ecnlosed trailer, thanks to Mr. Hempel and his planes, I am now waiting on a 8.5' x 16' with a 5' v-nose. Oh well.....

[Cracky]

John, I figured that you would know what a D-Cup is......

it stands for DAMN, Them Are Big!

[Benji]

Hey man your plane is really beautifull, congrats, I wish I could have one of those.

[mikeh]

Sharp looking bird John! You and Bryan did a good job on the graphics. Give me a call when you decide to fly. It won't be much longer.
Mike

[3d "kid"]

how much $$$ is that ready to fly looks nice

[spidernad]

A FlyingGiants member who just got a 50% Hempel EDGE 540 contacted me about mine and had some questions about the build so I figured why not make a thread for everyone.

I had a Version I also before this so I have learned a lot about both versions and their differences.

You can find the thread here.

[spidernad]

I've had a number of comments on the amount of smoke my Edge is producing.
It might have to do with the oil injectors I fabricated, so I made a video that shows the design and how to make them.
It's really easy and actually reduces the amount of oil used so you can extend the "smoke-on" time of your flights and also keeps your plane cleaner.

The best way to adjust your flow/pump speed is with the injectors removed and squirting back into a test reservoir (I just use the 5 gal. bucket of oil to pump from and back into).
You should dial back the pump speed in your radio using the end point adjustments so to avoid excessive back-pressure.
With the throttle at full, watch the flow from the nozzles, adjust the high endpoint (for you pump channel in your radio) down until you get the lowest pump rpm that still produces a good steady flow.
Then bring the throttle down to your lowest "pump on" mix, (I have it at idle so I get some smoke on flat spins etc.) and adjust your low endpoint until the pump is just barely spinning.
Depending on the temperature/oil viscosity you may have to move up the low pump speed to keep it spinning.

As far as oils, I have used "Super Dri" smoke oil and also "Robart Liquid Sky", both worked great with the latter being about $40.00 cheaper per 5 gal. bucket.

SMOKE ON!

*Updated * How-To - "Big Smoke" RC Oil...