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Old 10-30-2002 | 10:22 PM
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mrc100
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Default Hangar 9 Edge

Well I have the H9 Edge and believe it is one of the finest looking airplanes in my hanger. However, I am not greatly impressed with the flying qualities. My analysis is that the aircraft is built too stout (heavy) for the wing area. Let me qualify this by saying I have not weighed my airplane on a accurate scale...only the bathroom style calibrated using iron lifting weights.

Looking inside the fuse you will find two ply of 1/8" ply glued together. My feeling is that this was overkill, however it certainly makes the plane more resilient to hard landings and overly vialent manuevers etc.... Combine the robust fuse construction with the 1010 wing area and it just does not like to fly slow.

My experience is that flaperons are very very necessary to avoid tip stalls at low speed or entering such manuevers as wall, elev, and harrier.

The manual is super. I learned more about 3d from Mike McConville's write-up than anyother source.

Having said all of the above this bird performs the flatest spins I've experienced.... Very very flat! The blender is awesome! Wing rock is a problem, but controllable with flaperons in the elevator and harrier.

Here's my config.

1.8 moki up front
2 futaba s9303mg for elevator located in the rear
1 futaba s9402 for rudder
2 futaba 39303 for ailerons
8uaps pcm receiver / xmiter

With servos in rear and moki not EXTRA weight required.

Biggest dissapointment was the elevator push rod...I really don't believe this type of control setup would have enough authority for this type / size of aircraft.

In comparison to my DP Extra....Love the Extra. VERY lite feel in the air...almost impossible to tip stall. Running the DP with a 2.1 moki...nothing less will due IMO.... Lands like a feather and recovers from failed hovers etc.. easily again no tendency to stall.

Sorry if this went way off the track of the original post ... can't even remember the original post! LOL

Take care.

Mike