Wow,,, look at that desert landscape. I have always wondered if you guys from CA or AZ, etc have to use air filters on all your planes. (?) Does the sand and dry lake bed dust effect your carb/motor? I guess we have about as much dust laying around in the grass. You can sure see it blow out of the grass when you first start your engine in the pits. Then you don't see much the rest of the day cuz you've blown it all away from your fueling area. Just a little dead grass blowin. We use to be a dust bowl here long ago. The red clay on the top soil can be very harmful on a small engine.
(UCD.46) Don't feel bad !! I had to dig my Saito.72 out of the ground one time after coming out the wrong way in a low inverted loop.[X(] Also had the tail break off another one at half throttle. Landed a little hard was all. The UCD is unlike any other plane.
Really gives you a feeling of confidence. Unfortunatly that is what often turns them into broken sticks. And what you do with your DO,,,should usually not be tried with a regular ARF. "OUCH"!

Back to the VF Edge...... Bunnman ???? Maiden report ?
You should see mine guys. It is on the lab table stripped down to only the motor and tank. I have mentioned before my belief that the Edge has too much weight in the fuse for the light wings. The fact that my VF Edge540 weighs the same as my 120 sized 540-T should be proof enough for anyone. So,,,, I'm putting my VF on a diet. If it could be removed,,, I removed it. If it could be sanded I sanded it. If it could still be strong with added lightning holes I drilled lightning holes. Moved the HiTech Super Hi-torque rudder servo to the tail. Removed the pilot figure. Replaced the Futaba3004 throttle servo with a HS81 mini. Removed the wood battery and RX supports. Sanded several mm of nylon from the DuBro landing gear and repainted it with a light coat of Monokote brand paint.
Exchanged the heavy DuBro tires for some light weight foam wheels. Drilled lightning holes in the 3 ply of firewall wood I used to beef up the gear block and cowling. (Left the wood in the gear block but the underside of the cowl was too thick and heavy.)
Removed the checkerboard vinyl decals from the belly and any other heavy decals. Replaced the steel wing joiner bolt with an aircraft alum bolt.

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS SO FAR: 1lb 3oz

Hang one of those new Saito 1.25s off the front and I bet this thing will be a totally differant plane.

I'll get some pics ASAP of my mods.