Hi,
I made some modifications to the FT Edge. I wanted very durable landing gear for landing in the rough and was worried the wire in foam idea may not last. I made some small plates of plywood and glued to underside of the fuselage. Then drilled through and glued thick bbq skewers (small dowel) to make rubber band holders. I then copied the gear from the FT3D. It is sort of an exo skeleton but hasn't failed some rough landings so far lol.
I also put in a more beefy motor - Hobbyking Aerodrive 3536 1200kv and 3S driving a 12" prop. I then found that the foamboard internal firewall behind the cowl failed badly and the motor unmounted during a high g manouvre. I cut out the remains of the firewall and fitted a plywood firewall instead. Also reinforced the foam/ply motor mount with paddle pop sticks. This, of course has messed badly with CG and is now nose heavy. I'm still working on that but the plane flies brilliantly just the same. Just not as tight at full elevator and rudder deflections. I now have a speedy plane with good vertical climb and tough landing gear. Use a 3S 2200 mAH 35C battery and get 5 mins hard core and 7 mins casual fly.
I made some modifications to the FT Edge. I wanted very durable landing gear for landing in the rough and was worried the wire in foam idea may not last. I made some small plates of plywood and glued to underside of the fuselage. Then drilled through and glued thick bbq skewers (small dowel) to make rubber band holders. I then copied the gear from the FT3D. It is sort of an exo skeleton but hasn't failed some rough landings so far lol.
I also put in a more beefy motor - Hobbyking Aerodrive 3536 1200kv and 3S driving a 12" prop. I then found that the foamboard internal firewall behind the cowl failed badly and the motor unmounted during a high g manouvre. I cut out the remains of the firewall and fitted a plywood firewall instead. Also reinforced the foam/ply motor mount with paddle pop sticks. This, of course has messed badly with CG and is now nose heavy. I'm still working on that but the plane flies brilliantly just the same. Just not as tight at full elevator and rudder deflections. I now have a speedy plane with good vertical climb and tough landing gear. Use a 3S 2200 mAH 35C battery and get 5 mins hard core and 7 mins casual fly.
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