Sorry for the lack of an update.
I was able to fly my edge, first flight lasted all of 10 seconds, only small damage, next flight was maybe 15 seconds but it hit the ground hard wings in half, firewall bent, motor mount pushed over, and elevator MIA. At that point I thought I had forgotten how to fly and just put everything in a corner. My UMX Yak 54 3D did end up showing up and I took it out for a flight and I was able to hoover/knife edge and really just fly crazy with no issue at all.
So I rebuilt the Edge this time I glued down the wings, tripped checked everything, made it slight nose heavy, took off the 10x7 prop and put on a 10x5, and setup duel rates. I'm not 100% for sure what changed, but I had 4 successful flights today and I love the plane. The fact that I did so much damage to it and was able to fix it for under $2.40 and 2 glue sticks is crazy in my mind.
I do have a few issues from today flight, and hoping for some input.
1- I'm only getting 3-4mins flight times out of a 4S- 1500mAh battery does this seem right? 90% of my time is spend just normal flying at 1/2 throttle, but i was hoping to get around 5mins out of them. ( it does seem like it going around 40mph at 1/2 )
2- At full throttle the plane wants to shoot straight up, its kinda not flyable at full throttle, any clue on what is going on?
I was able to fly my edge, first flight lasted all of 10 seconds, only small damage, next flight was maybe 15 seconds but it hit the ground hard wings in half, firewall bent, motor mount pushed over, and elevator MIA. At that point I thought I had forgotten how to fly and just put everything in a corner. My UMX Yak 54 3D did end up showing up and I took it out for a flight and I was able to hoover/knife edge and really just fly crazy with no issue at all.
So I rebuilt the Edge this time I glued down the wings, tripped checked everything, made it slight nose heavy, took off the 10x7 prop and put on a 10x5, and setup duel rates. I'm not 100% for sure what changed, but I had 4 successful flights today and I love the plane. The fact that I did so much damage to it and was able to fix it for under $2.40 and 2 glue sticks is crazy in my mind.
I do have a few issues from today flight, and hoping for some input.
1- I'm only getting 3-4mins flight times out of a 4S- 1500mAh battery does this seem right? 90% of my time is spend just normal flying at 1/2 throttle, but i was hoping to get around 5mins out of them. ( it does seem like it going around 40mph at 1/2 )
2- At full throttle the plane wants to shoot straight up, its kinda not flyable at full throttle, any clue on what is going on?