Hanger 9 Edge 540 ARF
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Wing Area: |
1010 sq. in. |
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| Wing Loading: |
29.1 / 33.1 |
| Motor: Hacker |
C50 12XL Geared 6.7-1 or 2-B50 10XL's Geared
5-1 |
| Prop: APC-E |
20x10 |
| Cells: Thunder Power LiPo |
10S4P or 12S4P |
| Amps: |
50 |
| Ready to Fly Weight: |
204oz / 232oz |
| Watts Per Pound: |
110 / 135 |
This is the Hanger 9 Edge 540 built with 5 Hitec 5125 digital servos, Hitec SuperSlim
receiver, 6V-1100mh receiver battery, 20x10 APC-E prop and either a C50 12XL
Hacker Motor geared 6.7-1, Hacker Master 30 cell 70 amp ESC, and 10S4P Thunder
Power LiPo battery or 2-B50 10XL Hacker Motors geared 5-1, 2-30 cells ESC and a
12S4P flight pack. The all up weight came in
at 204oz / 232oz to give me 110 /135 watts per pound respectively.
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This is going to be a big plane! |
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Everything out of the box, All parts in good shape with
no damage. |
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| The assembly starts with joining the wing halves. |
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After joining the wing halves you glue the wing mounting
blocks and drill the wing hold down bolt holes. |
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Final steps to finish the wing is seal the hinge gap and
install the servos. As you can see I glued a small ply block to be able to
use the micro servos. |
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After securing the wing to the fuse you glue the tail surfaces
in place. |
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Some sanding was necessary to get a good strait fit. |
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Once the stab and fin are in place you glue the elevator
and rudder in place with the supplied CA hinges. |
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One modification I made was to move the elevator/rudder
servos into the tail. I did this by drawing lines on the covering
where I need the servos to go. Then I cut the covering out about
1/4" inside the lines I drew. |
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| With the covering cut back I glued 2 ply blocks inside the
covering were the lines are drawn. |
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| Then iron down the covering. If you look close you can
see the blocks inside the covering. |
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| With the servo wells all ready you install the servos and
control linkages. |
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I followed the same procedure for the other side. |
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| The cockpit hatch is finished by cutting out the canopy and securing
the hatch with screws. |
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| With the wing and tail finished I moved on to the
front. The nose of this plane is over built and I cut lightning
holes everywhere I could. |
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| With the firewall cut down I mounted the motor with extra
heat sinks in the Aero-Model motor mount. |
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| The Duel motor system uses an Inner Demon gear drive. |
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| After I balance the plane on the CG I glued the Velcro
straps in place to hold the batteries. |
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| 2 14-cell packs strapped in place. This plane is now being
flown with LiPo batteries. |
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| This is my biggest plane to date makes my 5 year old son look small. |
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| This is a 13.8mb Video of the Edge. Click on the
picture to start the download of the video. |
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