eagle4442
Posts: 162
Joined: 1/24/2002 From: Schererville, IN, USA Status: offline
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I flew my OMP Giant Edge 540 yesterday for the first time. It has the standard setup with 4 servos in the tail, but I'm only using 1 in each aileron. Because of the light weight of the Saito 1.80, while building I was very careful about using the lightest wood in the tail. I cut a hatch in-front of the wing and installed the battery there. The weight of the plane came out at 11lbs 12oz. The c.g. was approx. 23/8in behind the wing tube. The plane flew very tail heavy. By the time the tank was almost empty the plane if rolled inverted would do an outside loop! The plane was so much fun to fly I still put 5 flights on it. I was running 15% nitro and a 18x8 prop. The motor is new so I was running it rich but there was still plenty of power to pull out of a hover. It wouldn't accelerate going up but would just keep pulling. I'm going to try to remove as much weight as possible from the tail. I'm going to replace the 2 rudder servos with 1 high torque digital. The push-rods in the tail are very heavy so I'm going to carbon fiber. I don't want to put any weight in the nose to balance it. If you have a Saito 1.80 laying around this is a very nice combo. Tim
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