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SC Models – Foamy Profile EDGE 540 build

This kit is from SC Models and can be seen on the web here http://www.scmodels.com.au/electric-planes/sc-e540/index.html

First impressions. Well for $43 delivered I guess my expectations are enough bits of foam, wood and bits to put together a little foam Edge 540. I'll need to supply prop, motor, ESC, servos, battery and receiver (all of which I have leftover from a previous model).

On removing the contents from the box, one of the wheel pants was broken in half. A bit of glue should quickly fix that. Also when I compare the parts in the box to that shown on the photo on the outside of the box, I seem to be missing one carbon fibre spar. There are two in the box (one round and one flat) but there are three in the photo. *****UPDATE - I'm not missing a spar. The photo on the box shows a dark leading edge on the wing that I had mistaken for a carbon spar***** I've left the instruction manual at work over the weekend so I can't check with the manual till Monday. This is one of the reasons I reckon all suppliers of kits should supply manuals in PDF format on the web which can be edited with software as sodapdf online. Another foam model I bought second hand almost came to grief because the CoG was way out until I downloaded the manual from the net and moved the balance further forward. I'd always wondered what it'd be like to fly a model with the CoG way back behind the recommended and let's just say it was.... difficult.

Other than that, the kit looks good. I don't imagine the build process will be very long or complicated and the flying side of things will be much more interesting to discuss. So, check back when I've found the manual and started the build for more details.