I am looking at your Edge-540 combo.. I have a question, I see you are selling some servos called tower pro MG945 tell would they be good enough to trust in this plane.. Or should I go with some Hi-Tec or Futabas? The price sure is right on them..

I haven't tested the 945s but the 995s are a big *AVIOD* at all costs.

They are cheap but they are really, really bad.

Stay away from TowerPro servos! Trust me, they're not worth the albeit small amount of money you spend on them. I've only tested the 995's, but I'm guessing the other ones are similar. I've heard that their longevity is poor, but I never bothered to use them in an airplane after testing them. They over-shoot their end points and center position horribly and consistently. I have never heard of a positive experience with them.

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I have about 30 flights on my edge with the evo 26 and pipe and all is well except my wing tube.The last time i was putting the wings on i noticed the wings were not lining up square to the fuse,turns out that the tube is slightly bent(must have been those inverted flat spins)i emailed peak about and they are going to sell me a carbon tube witch is what i would rather have anyway,lighter and stronger.The plane has been great,does everything i can do with my experience and the power i have is awesome.This same set up would not pull my funtana 90 like this edge and i still can make it lighter,(wing tube,lighter servos,carbon gear,)I plan on taking about 8 oz off of her with servos and tube and she should go from plenty of power to ballistic missile.

Thanks kind of what I figured but thought it was at least worth checking. You think some hitec 645's in it would be good enough.

Electron, those Hitec 645MG's would be perfect. In this size plane, I don't think you'd notice the difference that digital servos would make. As always, get some heavy duty long servo arms, (Dubro makes some great ones) so that you don't strain the stock servo arms and the control horns on the surfaces.

I notice that the 645s I bought a couple of months ago came with 3D-length arms. A good move on Hitec's part.

Sorry to butt in on this one, but the futher your control rod is from the servo final gear the greater the the throw. Reluctantantly you diminish the torque aswell. I am using 645 ao AL. and 5645 on EL. I am going with the 9330 on rudder. Yes I know I am mixing digital with standard, but they are not JR which is the only brand I have ever had any problems with mixing digital and standared servos.

Yea that was kind of my thinking I have some 645's in my PW 300s and have been really happy with them.... Thanks for the information I will stick with the trusted and not try and save a buck LOL.

I ordered my Edge yesterday. I plan on putting my Saito 150 in it with a 18X6 prop. I'll let you know how it goes.[8D]

\Nice to hear that the engine/plane combo is working for you. My evo26gt has never run well and is going to be sent in to horrizon hobby to get it right... Sure hope they know what they are doing... I am not happy that my luck has it that I ended up with a fricken lemon. Dam that is irritating\!

I have a saito 150 in a balsa nova 80". she sure does love the 17x8 APC. May be worth the $ to give one a try. Good luck, and a 150m saito and the edge sould be a good combo.

Thanks for the prop recommendation. I have been using the Saito 150 with an 18x6W on my U CAN DO. It's fun but it keeps shaking the plane apart. Do you 3D with the 17x8 on your Saito 150? I think I must have bought the last 540 they had in stock because it is not on their website today. I hope that is not a bad sign. I finally saw the video of the plane. I can't wait to fly it. The guy in the video is very good but I don't think I want the prop that close to my face.

The last price for the EDGE wad 300US$, compared to the 260US$ I paid.

Send an email to Peakmodel to know when he will be ready to sell other EDGE.

Good building...

I was looking at the Peakmodels website and came across their Giles G202, which has the same wingspan and length of the Ultra-RC Giles. Looking at the pictures of each, it looks like they could be the same plane with the exception of the landing gear and hardware, (and covering scheme, of course). Anyone know if this is the case?

The listed weight is greater than the Ultra RC Giles.

yeah, but that could be because of cheaper hardware, like aluminum landing gear, wing/stab tubes, etc., right?

kochj
can you tell me more about the evo thats giving you problems,what exactly was it doing wrong.

Hi

I am about ready to take my edge for a first flight. I lack the engine servo and break in. I was looking at the place to mount the Th. servo and you can mount it in side the cowl or use the mount that attaches to the Fuse wall. I am useing the spe 26 where is the best place to mount the servo.

Thanks

i have mount the servo inside the fuse, between the tank and the wing

At this place, on the right side of the fuse, there are holes for fixing the servo mount; my EDGE will be soon finished too. I need to make and install the pushrods and the pull pull for rudder.

Does anybody know which one flies better , the edge or the yak ?

Does anyone know what happened to the video of the Edge 540 on their website ?
I just got mine today but went to the peakmodel website and it was gone gone gone.??[]

As there are no more EDGE to sell now, you cannot see the page hosting the link to the video

Thanks bill33 for the reply. After studying the placement, I installed it in cowl area. Lines up perfect with the throttle linkage and CG a little better too because it allows me to put my CDI battery father back. I did beef it up some. A word of wisdom to everyone regarding the SPE engines and receivers. I have seen lots of glitch problem with them. I do not know why, but they do have an issue with splatter and regular PPM. Take my advice and spend a few more $ and get a PCM receiver. I ran a tank of 50 to 1 Klotz today thru my engine and it ran very well. I ranged tested it at 100 yards with antenna down with no glitch with a futaba 319 PCM receiver. Tomorrow I will start running a gal of 80/20 mix and finish breaking it in. Hopefully I will get to madden the edge this Sunday. Over all (so far) I am very happy with the combo.


Freebird

Does the SPE have a fully-shielded plug cap like the ZDZs and many other gassers intended for model use?

If not, I suspect that at least some of the noise is coming from the conductor that passes through the plug insulator, since this will be radiating spark noise like an aerial.

If ignition noise is a problem then don't mount your CDI battery any further back than is absolutely necessary -- it too will be radiating noise.

And don't get too confident about the PCM filtering out the noise -- it does, but onlyup to a certain point. After that, it goes into failsafe and you have zero control.

The reason you're not seeing any glitching with PCM is that the bits of data that are clobbered by the engine noise are being disgarded and only the unaffected bits of signal are being used by the receiver. This doesn't mean the noise is less or has gone away, just that your receiver is picking what it can out of the noise/data and ignoring the rest.

This can lead to complacency and leave you very disappointed (with a busted plane) when you discover that, at an inopportune momement, there simply wasn't enough good bits getting through to provide adequate control.

Do your very *best* to eliminate as much noise as you can, don't just rely on the magic of PCM.

A shielded plug cap will help some.