OK. Here we go. My first attempt at building a large scale gasser. I am still in the eary phases as I have gathered the plane, the servos, and the engine. Throughout the build, I hope to provide other "newbies" with an easy source for filling in the blanks left by the build manual and other threads. (Don't worry Tom, I wouldn't want the manual to be 500 pages either, you should see the 2000+ pages I carry for a big 4-engine jet) I'll do my best to search out answers on RCU and other sites before I replicate common questions. I know my time is valuable and am sure it is for those who graciously take the time to answer questions on this site on a regular basis (you know who you are...many thanks!)

My Edge will have the following so far:

Hitec 5645s on ailerons/elevators, 5945 on rudder, Futaba S3004s on throttle and choke (Not sure about the choke, my engine is shipping with an optical kill switch, so I welcome opinions on which is better)

BME 50 with BME stock muffler (I may upgrade the muffler to a pitts or canister if I can find one)

For keeping it light, I'll entertain carbon fiber/fiberglass options whenever I can. I have CF gear that I picked up cheap, but they are not an exact match to the stock aluminum gear. They are 3/4" shorter and 1/2" more narrow at the axle. I don't think it should affect handling, but we'll see.

I went with the all white version so I could individualize the scheme. I am intersted in having a cool custom airbrush paint job, but that may prove to be too expensive.

I did find a small problem with the anti-rotation dowels on the left wing. They are about 1.5mm too far forward to fit in the holes on the fuselage, but the manual does address this by saying to elongate the holes while paying attention not to mess up the wing incidence angle.

Here's a pic of the Edge, unboxed and awaiting some art work!