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Old 07-28-2004 | 02:57 PM
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Default RE: BME Edge is HERE!!!!

Well I got lucky... lookie, lookie!

I took some pics of it next to my buddy's WH Edge...

It is lighter for sure... good construction and excellent finish.

I weighed it "quick-assembled" with all the extras inside the fuse...
Right at 10 lbs... perhaps 1/2 ounce over...

So YEAH! We are talking 15.5 lbs or so all up is easily doable!!!! YEE HAW! I'm so excited I can't see straight.

Only problem is... I have way too many projects/jobs to get done before I can start, so I'll defer the first flight reports to someone else....

Check these pics out... Mine's the teal scheme and I like it alot...

As you can see in the pics... the WH has a little more wing area, but not too aweful much. Overall the WH seems a smidge larger.

With the wingloading the same, the real difference will be the 2 lbs less weight on a 50cc engine... that's a ton more power.

Overall very impressed. Two things I don;t like.. the tailwheel seems monsterous for this plane (will go carbon fiber anyway) and the wheel collars use set screws with slots not hex... and one was stripped already (the threads in the collar)

Other than that... top notch ARF.
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