X-Treme Composite BVM Edge 2.6

[Cranet561]

I just could not resist a blow out sale on a couple of BVM edges. I bought the 2.6 and 2.2. I am having buyers remorse on the 2.2 but again the deal was to good to pass up. I posing this question to anyone who has had a 2.6 composite edge. The factory is running a 3W, and BVM recomends a DA. I am not to brand loyal at this point, I have BME, DA, and 3W and they all work. But in the 100 cc range the DA & BME have big weight advantages. Anyone know if this plane builds for a light or heavier engine. If I need to move things forward I will get the heavier engine. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[reyn3545]

I have one with a DA-100. It comes in just a tad heavy.. 27 pounds, but a DA-100 is ripping a 28x10 prop all day long with it. I have cans on mine, and the plane is designed and balanced to have cans installed.

You mentioned a blow out sale... how good?

I actually had a less than perfect landing with mine this afternoon... now I need a left wing and possibly new wheel pants. Other than that, this has been a terriffic plane to own and fly.

[dbcaster]

I can't recall if it is this plane but one of the comp planes had an issue with the longer 3W. It may have been the older comp-arf extra. As was asked, what kind of blow out deal did you get???

[RTK]

Any of those engines will fit. I have mounted both a BME115 and a 3W106. My stand off's range from about 3/4" to 2".
All I did was to move the batteries behind the canopy or to the front of the canopy.

[Cranet561]

I bought 2 for the price of one. They have a yellow and the red left in stock. I bought a castrol and a fantasy. I am most likely going DA 100, but i would like to put the 3W. Tough economy prices are going to drop on all this stuff. I am seeing deals all over for giant scale stuff.

[reyn3545]

I had a much less then perfect landing with mine last week... crunched up the left wing a bit.

I finished glassing and patching it up today, now I need to get a few test flights on it, then re-paint it.

[CSpaced]

Good deal, the edge is an awesome plane. I'm looking forward to getting another one in the air again. My old one was running a DA-100 with MTW mufflers and weighed in at 26 pounds. Tons of power with that setup!

[reyn3545]

Yeah, this was a real bummer. I was working with knife edge mixes, finally got it going both ways with just rudder input, then I started to dial in a little down elevator on my "landing" throttle setting (it always wants to come in nose up).. I was trying to make my final turns lower and slower, and just ran out of speed about a foot off the ground (stupid).

Anyway, your earlier post about fixing your rudder and fuse give me some inspiration. I would up cutting a chunk out of the very end of the wing, then I put a piece of foam in the wing to give it the correct shape. I glassed over that, sanded, sanded, sanded, primed, sanded some more, now its ready to fly again. I had some white paint on hand, so I went ahead and painted the bottom of the wing, turned out pretty good.

I hate to get colors mixed just to paint the top side... I'll need the orange, blue and yellow... probably spend $200 between paint, activator and clear just to paint less than a square foot!

I had to put 2 ounces in the other wing to balance it out... I never balanced it laterally before the crash, but it had to be pretty close... so I guess overall, I gained 1/4 pound between the repair and added weight.

I was thinking about the repair so much, I forgot to order a new prop.. that should be here Tuesday... but I'll be in North Carolina.. I should get it back in the air before the weekend.

Did you see that BVM has a sale on some of the schemes? $895 is sure tempting!

[TEKE]

I picked up the Fantasy Scheme 2.6 Edge about a month ago for $990 out the door. I'm going to put a DL100 on the front for power.

[reyn3545]

I see they've still got the same dumbass doing the black airbrushing around the checkerd flags. The airbrush job on these planes was MUCH better a few years ago. Still a great flying plane, though.

[CSpaced]

	Quote: Originally Posted by reyn3545
	Yeah, this was a real bummer. I was working with knife edge mixes, finally got it going both ways with just rudder input, then I started to dial in a little down elevator on my "landing" throttle setting (it always wants to come in nose up).. I was trying to make my final turns lower and slower, and just ran out of speed about a foot off the ground (stupid). Anyway, your earlier post about fixing your rudder and fuse give me some inspiration. I would up cutting a chunk out of the very end of the wing, then I put a piece of foam in the wing to give it the correct shape. I glassed over that, sanded, sanded, sanded, primed, sanded some more, now its ready to fly again. I had some white paint on hand, so I went ahead and painted the bottom of the wing, turned out pretty good. I hate to get colors mixed just to paint the top side... I'll need the orange, blue and yellow... probably spend $200 between paint, activator and clear just to paint less than a square foot! I had to put 2 ounces in the other wing to balance it out... I never balanced it laterally before the crash, but it had to be pretty close... so I guess overall, I gained 1/4 pound between the repair and added weight. I was thinking about the repair so much, I forgot to order a new prop.. that should be here Tuesday... but I'll be in North Carolina.. I should get it back in the air before the weekend. Did you see that BVM has a sale on some of the schemes? $895 is sure tempting!

Nice job on the repair, I know what you mean about all the sanding - last night I finished priming the wheel pants for my Katana. They were pretty tore up and took a lot of filling and sanding to get them looking good again. Later today I'll shoot some color on them and see how they look.

[reyn3545]

Yep... it all looks fine until you hit it with some color! I'm glad I spent some time (way) back in high school working on cars that I wrecked!

[CSpaced]

I hear ya, I sanded them again last night and it still needs more pin holes filled and another coat of primer!... So the process starts again lol.

[fonzegator]

hi i would recommend to re-inforce the landing gear area inside the fuse.. i had an Airwild extra and lets just say i learnt the hard way....the are really soft

[reyn3545]

Now the plane's all ready to go, but I don't think I'll be able to get it in the air this weekend. I had to have my apendix out on Tuesday evening.. Home now, but a little sore. I'm not supposed to lift anything for a week or so. We'll see how things look on Sunday, but I'm probably waiting another week to see if the repairs turned out OK.