by Ally Young
I received my new Sebart Edge and had it ready to fly after a few leisurely evenings of enjoyable assembly. You couldn't call this a build as it is mostly all done for you. The new Edge is typical Sebart quality but with a few very welcome upgrades. This new model has a lovely one piece, profiled carbon undercarriage and has ball links all round on the control surfaces. A big bonus with this Edge is that it takes only 4 standard sized servos. I fitted some Turnigy low profile servos in mine to keep it light and compact. Everything went together fairly easily. I elected to fit rebated Kavan hinges on my model as I prefer them to Mylar hinges. I tend to find that over a long time I can split Mylar hinges. Things that were a bit of a challenge.....the linkage rods and ball links are great but they are mega tight and need to be screwed in almost all the way on the threaded sections to get to the correct sizes. No way could this be done by your fingers. A proper ball link driver and pair of
by Ally Young
Hi Bill,
Just an update on the Sebart Edge. I flew it for the first time on New Year's Day and again today.
The model flies really well and will be a lot of fun. It needs the CG quite far forward on the batt tray or it gets very twitchy on the elevator. I had it hovering, torque rolling, flicks, spins etc and it performed well. I need calm weather to get it fully set up. I might try a 17x8 prop for punch, but it is good on the 16x10. It reminds me of the Katana 50 I had, but I think this one will end up even better as I get it exactly to my liking. In smooth style aeros I am only using 50% of a 5000 mah pack over a 7 minute timer set flight. With more 3D and hovering it is using about 70% over 7 minutes. Pretty good. It is very easy to work on and to put together and transport etc.
Further flights in flat calm conditions further proved the model's capabilities. It flies very smooth and yet has great 3D potential when set on high rates. I am enjoying getting to know it more each t
