Edge 540
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From: Wytheville,
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I have been trying to get the new Edge 540 to fly more like a 40% Carden and have come upon an annoying problem.When in Knife edge the tail wants to drag and won't straighten out when you release the rudder stick. It just hangs in a high alpha position for a few seconds like the servo is stuck
.It's not the transmitter box (latest G2 Interlink) as it works fine with the "Extra 330S 3D".
Any suggestions ???
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I noticed the same problem. It's like when I fly this plane knife-edge for a while with enough speed, I can find a sweet spot where it hangs around without too much AOA, but if I feed in just a TAD more rudder, it drops the tail a lot and sits in a high-alpha configuration, just stuck there. Whassup with that? I'll try the NACA 0013 on the fin!
On the other hand, the Extra 330 is one sweet plane on the sim! I can get this thing to do ANYTHING!
PS: Confirmed. The airfoil Knife-Edge chose for the edge is a real problem. NACA 0013 is much better. It flies like a plane now.
On the other hand, the Extra 330 is one sweet plane on the sim! I can get this thing to do ANYTHING!
PS: Confirmed. The airfoil Knife-Edge chose for the edge is a real problem. NACA 0013 is much better. It flies like a plane now.



Ah Haa eurika !!!!!! It was the airfoil shape of the vertical stabilizer. NACA 0013 seems to work very well.