Has anyone got there hands on one of these?
http://www.bmeaircraft.com/html/edge.html
If so can you give any reports and how is the hardware that comes with it?
Thanks

My Brother is looking at this plane, they told him, it won't be released till about the end of may.

Thanks
If he gets one please keep us posted.

I'm very interested myself.

I spoke to Max at BME Aircraft about these... He has the prototype built by the assembly standards of the production planes.

With a BME 50 he said it came in at 15.5 lbs. When I asked if he thought the production planes would come in heavier he stated "no way".

He was very excited about it's flying characteristics too... one quote was that you could be heading straight down at idle, slam the elevator to full up and it would elevator down slow, stable and very vertical.

Seems many of the new 50cc offerings have been coming in 1-2 lbs heavier than expected, and if these do finish out at 15.5 will certainly be a keeper.

They are a tad bigger too at 85"...

That sounds great. I'm very curious about the quality of the build out.

I just pre-ordered mine yesterday. Can't wait! I'm still trying to decide what engine to go with. Any thoughts?

3drcman

I've had two of the 84" Wild Hares and still have the Extra. Both powered by a Brison 3.2 and fly well.. If the BME comes in that light, why not go with the BME engine. It's said to have more power than the Brison, but who knows. It is lighter for sure. In any case, the firewall and instructions will most certainly be set up around, show, and have mounting instructions for a BME 50.

I have a DA 50 ready for mine.

Just got notified by BME to expect a June delivery date. Now my hair's really standin up!

3drcman

Keep us posted when you get it.
Let me know what you thought of the hardware pack and take pics if you can.

With the send-up they're giving this new line of ARF's I'm hoping they'll be as superior as they're saying. They're kinda sketchy on their website about alot of details. If they come off like they say they'll make good entrylevel gassers for 3d training which is exactly what I'm looking for. Just tired of wiping residue off everything, including myself after each day of flying, (my little daughter says I smell like a lawnmower when I come in). Plus I need an arf to fill the gap while I'm building my GP 33% Extra 330L. When I get it in I plan to take pics of the kit and post for all to see. If they drop the ball on thisun....

Going to go mostly stock if possible but just in case I've already got my spare hardware on standby new in the package's. Has anyone got info on the prototypes? What they were test flown with etc? Still haven't decided on an engine or smoke system yet, leaning toward a ZDZ 60, that comes in at only 4 lbs, the 3w 60 weighs in at 5.32 with less hp. I just bought a new 3w 106b2QS for my Extra 330l project and had hoped to get another 3W but after a little research I'm not so sure now. Going kinda slow with my first venture into the gas world. Any input would be appreciated. Also if anyone has a link to a thread on wiring recommendations and battery choices/ configs, that'd be great too.

3drcman

Both the Challenger & Edge were flown with BME 50's...

The Ultimate was with a BME 110 Extreme. (not surprisingly)

Max told me that he was very pleased with the flying characteristics and the quality of construction. He went to China to test fly the prototypes, then had a production unit of each shipped so he could test them direct.

The Edge is 85" and if I recal correctly came it at 15.5 lbs all up. That's an inch more than the WH Edge and about 1.5 lbs lighter. When I asked how he said that they were built solidly, but light for flying not heavy for crashing.

The GP Patty Wagstaff Extra (78"?) comes in around 16.5 so this must really be something. I test flew the Patty for a customer I built it for and thought if felt fairly light. Man this thing is gonna rock.

The first short batch of Ultimates are due in any day and I have one coming. I will share my findings of it's quality, design and flight as I promised to do a building thread.

-J. David

Anyone heard anything further about their Edge's delivery date?

I found out the other day that the Edges are ready to leave the plant for their voyage to BME Aircaft...

It's getting real close now... maybe 2 weeks or so???

Open, open, open!!!

I had one on order until monday when I decided to go another direction. They told me they were having a problem with the cowls and expected to ship around the 20th now. but I was also told via e mail they would ship around june 1st, then later june 10th. so we will see. I still would love to see this bird go but I need something now.

I have one on order[waiting list]. Max told me the 20th, I hope so[8D]. Does anyone no what size spinner it will take? BME has not replied to my e-mails asking this. Hope this is not an indication of there customer service. If thy don't answer my questions before I pay for it what will it be like after.[]

wish they had some better schemes on them... But not bad price.

I e-mailed and asked the same question regarding the spinner but haven't received an answer yet either. Also had the same type info regarding delivery date. Already ordered a new DA 50-R to go on it. Da called yesterday...looks like I'll have motor and no plane. I was really looking forward to this, mainly due to it's weight and what I'd heard about the prototype. Hope I don't have to change my mind.

I have a Wild Hare ordered but this looks good also.

I agree with you on the covering[:'(]. If it ends up at 15.5 Lbs and flies nice, I'll live with it. Some vinyl graphics should help.

I was going to get a Wild Hare also but when I found out thy weigh as much as 18 Lbs with a "modern" 50cc engine that idea went out the door!

but they fly great, and have plenty of power

I saw a Wild Hare Edge 540T fly IMAC at Vicksburg MS yesterday with a ZDZ 50 and thought it looked very good. The pilot was a little young and inexperienced but held his own against the other competitiors and both he and plane put on a nice showing. I didn't get to talk with him but for a few moments and from what I could see the plane wasn't easy to stall, didn't seem to fly "heavy" and slowed down nicely landings. Color scheme was catchy too. The ZDZ seemed plenty for it as well. Wish I'd had more time to ask about weight and such because it sure got my interest up.