Guys,
I have been having this EXACT same problem with my Dave Patrick Edge.
When I took off on the maiden flight, everything was at 0-0-0. I checked the incidence of everything a MILLION times over.
The plane immediately dove to the ground, and took a lot of up elevator trim to fly level. However, it still ballooned on landing like crazy.
Since then, I have put upthrust, and downthrust in the engine and horizontal stab, but NOTHING has cured the problem. I come in with throttle, and I can't chop the throttle enough to land, or the plane will balloon up. I have slammed the ground many times due to this problem, and now have completely flattened out my HEAVY GAUGE aluminum gear. I am so sick of this problem.
Many guys have told me I have to "FLY" the edge to the ground, and I AM flying it to the ground.
BOTTOM LINE: If I come in at a high enough speed to prevent ballooning, I am WAY TOO HOT TO LAND.
I am in KHunts position, and I don't know what to do.
P.S. I have had a couple of my buddies who are pretty much 3D pros fly the plane, and they are also slamming the plane on the runway, due to this problem.
I have not tried SPOILERS yet, which probably will help a lot, but I SHOULDN"T HAVE TO TRY SPOILERS!
I was considering giving the stab a couple degrees of positive incidence, and then giving the engine a couple degrees of UPTHRUST, and seeing if that helps. Reason for this upthrust would be to keep the plane from wanting to nose down when I put some positive incidence in the adjustable horizontal stab.
DOn't know if this will work, but I'm at my ropes end. This DP Edge is close to being sold. That's a shame because it's so pretty, and flies so well otherwise.