RE: Fly Eagle 1/6 scale F-16 Build Thread
CONGRATS FB. Great looking plane.
Posted on: 10/24/2011 6:12 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Kingcat-Like Design and Build
The canopy looks to me to be more suited to the F-16 but it's your design. It'll look great either way.
Posted on: 4/15/2011 6:21 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: CA Jets 2010 photos etc.
I was lucky enough work put me in Bakersfield over the weekend and happened to find out about the event. I was looking for a LHS and found CE Hobbies on the web. They had the event on their website. I attended on Saturday and saw the demo flights and stayed till the end. I was amazed a how many flights were put in and the flying was awesome. I've never seen rc jets in person and was blown away by the "full scale" detail put into some of the planes. I am farely new to the hobby and fly nitro and gas and this was the first RC show I have attended. I really enjoyed it and plan on making more shows as I can. Hopefully they will be as good as this one. Thanks to everyone who put on the event and to the pilots who made the trip to fly. It was quite the experience.
Posted on: 4/4/2010 1:46 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "RC Jets"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
ecflyers, it depends on how the halves mismatch. If one is higher than the other deflecting up then lower deflecting down then adjusting the throw as westcoastflyer described will work. If one is higher up or down then you may need to adjust the servo arm angles. I had to do this on mine which is why I mixed them.
Posted on: 10/10/2009 11:44 AM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
ecflyers I mixed the elevators and ailerons. Ail and aux1, elev and aux2 on a JR 9303 and 7 channel receiver. The problem with the y-harness on the elevators is trying to get the throws the same, I set the servo arms 90 degrees to the pushrods, otherwise the throws go out of whack. See the post above. Using the sticks attached to the elevators helps to line them up. I don't have any experience with Magnums, I run a 13X6 on a Saito 72, but from looking at your engine specs a 13X8 should work good. A 14" might have ground clearance issues when taking off and landing. Hope this helps. Oh, I put the CG at 9cm at the wing tips and it flies really nice.
Posted on: 10/5/2009 8:39 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
Well, flew the plane with the CG at 8.5cm and it flew great. With a full tank it is slighltly nose heavy and at the end of the run it's slightly tail heavy. This is using the 45 degree upline inverted. Long take off and no balooning on landings or throttle cut. It appears that there should be 0 degree vertical thrust. I had a problem with it balooning at throttle cut, found I had some down thrust. Reset the engine the engine to zero down thrust and no more balooning. From flying this plane quite a bit, it'll do basic aerobatics all day long. 3d The CG should be at 9.5cm from the LE at the wing tip. Normal flying 8.5cm. At 9.5 it is flyable just a little twitchy and floats on landings. At 8.5cm it's stable but lands fast. Could do slow descent flat spins at 9.5cm but much faster at 8.5cm. I think I'm going to end up somewhere in between. Anyways, still enjoy flying it. Almost a gallon this weekend.
Posted on: 9/7/2009 10:00 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
Man I'm good! We'll see about the test pilot thing. The plane flies great and I don't really have any problems. I was really wondering if I messed up with the CG or flying wrong or what. I can get it to an inverted flat spin with a slooow rate of descent. I was really wondering about the flying inverted and it climbs. Haven't seen that in the trimming instructions and so I don't know what it means as far as CG or trimming goes. But I do know at 9.5cm it [u]seems[/u] tail heavy. I even tried spoilerons to straighten the downline but it still climbs inverted. OK, quit laughing now.
Posted on: 9/2/2009 10:03 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
Westcoastflyer, sorry to hear about the plane. I know I had to work to get the elevators to move together. If the servo arms are not 90 to the pushrods one of the elevators will move more up and less down. I can get it to balance at 3-3/8" by moving the battery to where the manual says, just ahead of the wing tube. I guess the mount and spinner make up the weight in the nose. I'll try to fly it this weekend and see what happens with the forward CG. My maiden was a little the same. The engine was from the easysport that crashed. Had to replace the needle and could not get it to run right. Replaced the carb and back to 100%. Took off and started a low turn, lost the plane visually in the trees, when I saw it again it was inverted but climbing. The guys thought I was showing off! I take off steeper now! VeeAte: I just like the looks of the 540 compared to the 540T.
Posted on: 9/2/2009 12:30 AM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
Thanks for the reply Westcoastflyer. The ballooning is what made me check the thrust line. This was my second arf build. I found I had some downthrust (using a bubble level[8|]) The thing about it was I installed the aluminum mount and did not rebalance the plane then flew it and it required just a click up on the elevator and flew OK. I am using an aluminum spinner also. It also ballooned on the throttle cut. I checked the thrust again last night and it had a slight up thrust on the engine. This was still at the 9.5cm CG at the wing tip. The odd thing to me was that after trimming for level flight upright it would climb when inverted. On a downline it would pull to the canopy. On KE it would tuck to the landing gear severely. If I gave it rudder during level flight it would dive in the direction of the rudder input but no rolling. Note: a buddy of mine has the .60 edge and it ballons/floats on him, but he likes a rearward CG. I am new to all this but I did look at some of the online cg calculators and when you put in the numbers and look for a 25-30% MAC the CG goes from roughly 7cm to 9.26cm. Do I know what I'm talking about or should I hit the books again? I've tried reading as much as I could. This plane seems to be a bit tricky. But it gets a lot of compliments for looks and construction. I started early last year with an Avistar. Then moved to an GP EasySport .40 followed by The Seagull .90 Ultimate with a Saito 1.25. Flew it once then back tracked to the .46 Edge. I can fly the Ultimate now and it's wonderfull. I like flying the edge, quicker to setup and fly, but it is a little squirrelly. Just trying to find that sweet spot. My other planes flew great from the start. From what I've read going too far forward with the CG makes it mushy but going too far back... Not A Good Thing? I was asking you since you started the thread but I guess we're all looking for help where we can get it. I think Matador will be OK with a .91 just from I've seen with mine. I did epoxy all around the engine box and where it attaches inside the fuse.
Posted on: 8/31/2009 10:21 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
OK, it looks like the leading edge at the root / fuse is 2mm (1/16") forward of the wingtip. With a Saito .72 and aluminum mount up front and an Ohio tailwheel at the back, I can balance it at 8.5cm at the wingtip with the 5 cell battery pack just forward of the former at the wingtube. Gives a lot of adjustment for the cg. I imagine a .91 will move the battery back a bit. The battery can be placed aft of the servos under the pushrods if need be. I already had the .72 before the .82 came out[&o] Hope this helps.
Posted on: 8/30/2009 5:31 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 46
I have the 46 Edge with a Saito .72 and have not had to add weight to balance the CG at 9.5 cm per the manual. This is with a 5-cell battery at the receiver mount. But I also believe this is tail heavy since I trimmed the plane for level flight and then have to give UP elevator during inverted flight. It also does some squirrelly stuff doing a tight loop. I initially used the plastic motor mount and the plane flew good but it had too much downthrust. Instead of shimming the mount I went with the aluminum Saito mount. More nose weight but a staighter mount. Reset the cg and now it flies a LOT different. I'm going to try moving the cg forward and see what happens. It does fly nice with a 13x6 prop. It can hover about 3/4 throttle and will slowly pull out. But I mostly just fly aerobatics with this plane. Are you measuring CG at the fuse or wingtips. I'll try getting a straight edge on the leading edge to see if it makes a difference where it's measured.
Posted on: 8/30/2009 4:43 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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Edge 540 Anyone seen this one?
I tried this elsewhere but no help. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8485215/anchors_8485215/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#8485215 Just looking for some information. The CG is marked but it's my first giant. Don't want to find out it's already past it's expiration date.[:)]
Posted on: 3/3/2009 9:32 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Edge 540 Manufacturer
Sorry, resolution set too high.[:o]
Posted on: 2/17/2009 11:50 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Edge 540 Manufacturer
Maybe better?
Posted on: 2/17/2009 11:44 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Edge 540 Manufacturer
Here's one. Working on others.
Posted on: 2/17/2009 11:34 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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Edge 540 Manufacturer
I recently bought a package of planes and one of them, the biggest, is an Edge 540 with a 90" wingspan. It has a G-62 with a flush fitting cowl, no overlap to the fuse. It has single servos on the ailerons and tail feather servos are mounted in the tail, 4. The main wing is one piece with a dihedral in it. The tail has flying wires that resembles the Lanier Laser. Just curious if anyone has an idea. Oh yeah, it is done with a Greg Poe scheme, Western Aircraft. Anyone, anyone...?
Posted on: 2/16/2009 11:20 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: Seagull Edge 540 muffler
Putting mine together now with a Saito .72 and looking at Jasons pictures I never thought of turning the carb around. I was going to put a needle extension to the bottom but on my Seagull Ultimate with a 125 it's right next to the muffler. HOT!! As for the extension there are some aluminum ones out there that don't flex and eat up the cowl. I think I got mine from Tower.
Posted on: 12/15/2008 9:35 PM by Author "reeseman9" in the forum "Beginners"
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