BBT maniac blades

[moyesboy]

I just got a pair of maniac 603 from fast-lad and they are warped.
Put the trailing edges flat together and thereis a 1/8" gap. Most of the bend is in one about mid span.
I've emailed fast-lad about it.

Anyone have experience of these blades?

[Thomas]

I have an unflown pair of 550's and they are the same, but both blades have the same amount of warping.

[J3DI]

Yug on RunRyder had this problem with a number of sets of these blades earlier in the year if i remember. I've got a set of 603mm that i'm waiting to try out and having just checked them they don't appear to be warped at all. Maybe get a replacement set and see if they are any better.

[SRH990]

I'm using 603's, 550's and 500's on various helis and I've never had a problem, they're one of the stiffest blades around both in the length and in torsion and find them very good blades, especially at the price. I think most of the German Mikado sponsored boys are using them on the Logo 500's and 600's so there can't be a lot wrong with them, maybe just a bad batch?

[moyesboy]

The Maniac blades I got from Real Raptors were very nearly straight. They flew great, they seemed to load a bit heavier than the radix though. They also had a lot less reserve momentum in autos.

No good for turf cutting though....

[Ashley Davis]

mine have a slight warp, makes no difference in flight it seems. Much more accurate blades than Radix. I can do a very tidy chaos on Maniacs, put Radix on and it all goes messy.

[Sesame]

I think their definately for the harder flyer I got a pair of 623's for my Titan, needed to keep the headspeed really high to get rid of vibrations. swapped back to the TT ones I had for now, as my flying is not up to it yet

[pxr5]

I just got a pair of maniac 603 from fast-lad and they are warped.
Put the trailing edges flat together and thereis a 1/8" gap. Most of the bend is in one about mid span.
I've emailed fast-lad about it.

Anyone have experience of these blades?

no but ive had a bad experience with fast-lad and got no reply to my email.

[moyesboy]

So far I always had exellent service from fast-lad.
I received a 9254 where one mountintg lug had been damaged in the post, and they swapped it no problem by return post.
I returned the warped maniacs mentioned above, had a conversion with them and they checked their remaining stock and said they didn't seem to be anyt straighter. They gave me a refund and I got a straighter pair elsewhere.

All the bits to fix my rappy, ordered sunday new years day on the web from fast-lad, are on my desk now.

[Sesame]

must say as I find and the service ive had from Fast-Lad has always been extremely good, if they have missed an email im sure its just that a mistake.