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Old 04-21-2006 | 12:28 PM
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Default RE: Vectorflight Edge 540 build

Good to hear!

I have yet to check how the vertical downlines are. If the airframe itself has a tendency to pull to the canopy in that situation, a throttle - elevator mix would probably work very well in straightening it out. It wouldn't take much, about 3% down elevator max I'm thinking. Next time I have mine out at the field I'll take it up very high and just push the nose over and see what it wants to do.

I'm running a 14x6 on my Evolution 100 and it seems to run great. It doesn't slow down all that well in downlines and I had intended on trying a 15x4W to see if that would help but my spinner screw is too short when I go to a thinner hub prob like that. I'd still be interested to see but I have been too lazy to try and find another screw the right size. The plane just doesn't have a lot of drag (the thin wings mainly) so it flies fast and loves it.

With the 14x6 on my engine, it's spinning it around 11k RPMs and the vertical is great!

I wonder if I'm the only person who has been breaking hinges - I've lost 3 aileron hinges (not at the same time). I completely re-hinged one wing the other night and we'll see how that holds up.