New 2.6m Edge 540 coming soon!!!

[classclown]

	Quote: Originally Posted by gargajm
	I got a manual with mine. It is the 2.6m Extra manual? I will be putting a DA-100L in mine with compact mufflers and every thing carbon including the spinner. I will be running HS7955 through out. I want it as light as possible!!!!!

No, he's saying that the Edge that he got, did not come with a manual.

[Luispain]

How many servos per aileron are there in the stock Edge 540??? I heard 1 servo per aileron was just for the prototype airplane, but some of you are getting the plane with just 1 servo per aileron... Normally, I'll get mine next month... wish I'll have 2 servo places per aileron....

[gargajm]

My plane came with one servo bay per wing. I will be using a HS7955's. Unless I change my mind and go with the 7950 and straight lithiums..???

[Luispain]

	Quote: Originally Posted by gargajm
	My plane came with one servo bay per wing. I will be using a HS7955's. Unless I change my mind and go with the 7950 and straight lithiums..???

Damn............ I'll call my c-arf sales rep. ...... I absolutly want it with 2 servo bays per wing... thanks for the info gargajm... your wings look nice by the way

[gargajm]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Luispain
	Damn............ I'll call my c-arf sales rep. ...... I absolutly want it with 2 servo bays per wing... thanks for the info gargajm... your wings look nice by the way

My take on this is that the composite aileron is so stiff that it can handle being pulled from one spot on the surface. Where as a balsa and ply aileron will twist. Look at it this way , using one servo is less weight and less expense and less to go wrong.

[Luispain]

	Quote: Originally Posted by gargajm
	My take on this is that the composite aileron is so stiff that it can handle being pulled from one spot on the surface. Where as a balsa and ply aileron will twist. Look at it this way , using one servo is less weight and less expense and less to go wrong.

Yeah, you're right, but I'd prefer a set up for "long-life" servos... and I think 2 servos per wing would suffer less than 1.... anyway, do you really think HS7955 are the right choice?? I don't know if it would be enough to perform 3D aerobatics... and how many flights the gears and that stuff would last...

By the way, keep us updated about your build-up process!

[gargajm]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Luispain
	Yeah, you're right, but I'd prefer a set up for "long-life" servos... and I think 2 servos per wing would suffer less than 1.... anyway, do you really think HS7955 are the right choice?? I don't know if it would be enough to perform 3D aerobatics... and how many flights the gears and that stuff would last... By the way, keep us updated about your build-up process!

If you are a JR guy you could go with a 8711HP or the Hitec's HS7950HP??
It will be a while before I start the build, but I will post some pictures when I get going.

[murry]

SWB has some new arms for the comp arf planes

http://www.swbmfg.com/

[rking]

	Quote: Originally Posted by freezer
	Hope he's fine, cat. 5 typhoon doesn't sound good at all . Checked for his last post: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/f...d-today-2.html When someone will have pictures, videos, post them here or suply us with a link . Thank you. Composite ARF finaly replied that wing area is 0,73sq. meters. I don't actualy get it, but probably it's for 1 wing. If it is so than total wing area is 1.46 sq. metrs = 146 sq. decimiters = 2263 sq. inches.

i'm fine guys. just been really really busy the past couple of weeks and probably will be till the end of november. still have pending trips to dubai and japan this month so everything is on hold right now.

also got one servo bay per wing. still also not decided on the motor, was thinking mintor 110 but my gut feeling is telling me to go with da100.

[classclown]

	Quote: Originally Posted by rking
	i'm fine guys. just been really really busy the past couple of weeks and probably will be till the end of november. still have pending trips to dubai and japan this month so everything is on hold right now. also got one servo bay per wing. still also not decided on the motor, was thinking mintor 110 but my gut feeling is telling me to go with da100.

Hey dude, glad to see you survived those typhoons. Who services DAs and 3Ws in the PI?

[freezer]

	Quote: Originally Posted by rking
	i'm fine guys. just been really really busy the past couple of weeks and probably will be till the end of november. still have pending trips to dubai and japan this month so everything is on hold right now. also got one servo bay per wing. still also not decided on the motor, was thinking mintor 110 but my gut feeling is telling me to go with da100.

Good to hear that you are fine.

Go with Mintor if you want more power. But two persons have purchased Mintor 110 here and for half year both of them couldn't understand whi is it regulary dying in flight. They have tried several solutions and manufacturer couldn't advice anything, those engines even were sent for warranty service. Finaly they made minor modification on carburator to install fuel tubing from carburator to inner part of fuselage where pressure is lower. As much as I know both of them are flying for two weekends without any problems.
Just leting you know if you go with Mintor and you will have same problem. As we don't have much gas flyers, I do not know how common this problem is with Mintors and other engines. But others are flying without any modifications and extra instalations.


**** Little update on Mintors. Well their flying fun is over on first engine original mintor header broke in two halves and that engine didn't have much flights. Other engine started dying in mid air , I didn't get it completely but it was fault of some round part in carbureutor (some Mintor know how) which had turned from vibration. They fixed it and returned to the field later. But still had deadstick with almost crashng their plane in to my car.
I do not know, should they update it or it's unique problem, but one thing is clear - they don't have much luck with these engines.

[rking]

classclown: when it comes to servicing, i have to send the engines to the states.other than that, we are pretty much on our own. at least with the states, we have friends or relatives that regularly come and go. i have a DA50 in Arizona right now just waiting to be sent in for service.

freezer: yup, i've read pretty much the whole thread on the mintor. as far i understood, seems like most guys were happy with their engines including those that sent theirs in for updates. the only exception were the two you were talking about and seems to me both had identical setups and could have been a setup issue. going with the mintor doesn't necessarily mean that the same problem will arise because different airframes have different ways of air flowing into the engine bay area. that is also affected by the fact of where you position exit holes and how large they are.all of this affect the variance in pressure around the carb area. this problem could have also arisen with engines other than a mintor.

[Kime]

Everyone who is building this plane be aware that not every measurement from the Extra 260 manual is not correct to Edge. Like engine mount and landing gear hole measurements.
Get the correct from the plane and you can light yours fireplace or sauna with the Extra manual

I used 65mm stand-offs mount the engine but I had to cut those to 50mm to get the spinner to correct place. Headder drop is about 70mm.
Next I had to do the mounts for the ES pipes and weld the headders.

[gargajm]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Kime
	Everyone who is building this plane be aware that not every measurement from the Extra 260 manual is not correct to Edge. Like engine mount and landing gear hole measurements. Get the correct from the plane and you can light yours fireplace or sauna with the Extra manual I used 65mm stand-offs mount the engine but I had to cut those to 50mm to get the spinner to correct place. Headder drop is about 70mm. Next I had to do the mounts for the ES pipes and weld the headders.

Kime: Thanks for the info. Are you saying the measurements for the engine placement on the firewall are not correct as stated in the 260 manual?? If not what are the measurements or how did you place the engine in the correct position??

[Kime]

	Quote: Originally Posted by gargajm
	Kime: Thanks for the info. Are you saying the measurements for the engine placement on the firewall are not correct as stated in the 260 manual?? If not what are the measurements or how did you place the engine in the correct position??

At the engine placement the vertical position measurement is not correct, others are OK.
Correct vertical position is about 30mm from the firewall top edge to the center of upper engine mounting holes. I will take a photo soon. (photo added)
At first I put it like in the manual but the spinner/cowling won't fit because the engine is 10mm too low.

At the landing gears the cap between the holes is 60mm (in the manual the same measurement is 81mm) Holes should be at the center of the leg, not 18mm from the edge.