I finally got around to flying my DP Edge.

It's setup with the elevators mounted in the tail as well as the rudder pull/pull relocated to approx. 3/4 of the way to the tail. This allowed my specific model to balance at 5" with a Moki 1.80 in the nose and NO lead. Battery is also mounted where I have the rudder servo and "new" servo tray.

Take off was excellent...very smooth and controlled. A few clicks of left aileron trim had it flying hands off. After a few basic circuits and mild aerobatics...including a half throttle 3D throw aileron roll the unexpected occurred. I was at approx 300ft cruising at approx. half throttle at about a 10 - 15 degree dive and then suddenly the left aileron said braaaap. Slammed throttle to idle while hoping airspeed would bleed off before you-know-what. I regained control shortly after hitting idle and made a very slow circuit around the field trying to lose altitude without making any "sudden" moves. Got the airplane positioned the airplane over the runway at 50 feet to check for d-a-m-a-g-e flying at just a bit over idle now. Holy Moly...the aileron servo was hanging, only attached by the 4-40 rod connected to the aileron horn. Nursed the plane around the field so that I could get the idle dialed in so that it would settle in and landed without further damage.

Inspection revealed a bent 4-40 rod; the servo appears to have separated from the servo mounting plate causing – ah, well flutter; aileron hinge points are fine; the servo still operates seemingly without a hitch. The servo did blast through the top of the wings utltracote.

I'm now in the process of reinforcing the servo bay with epoxy and cloth. Additionally I'll be replacing the 18x10 with a 18x8 as well as reinforcing where the mounting blocks attach to the mounting plate with epoxy and cloth.

I think when I’m done with the reinforcing this plane will be a real performer…time will tell.

FWIW .. The servos where Futaba metal geared 100+ oz/in servos

Mike