Carbon or Fibre Glass Blades

[zoombolt]

I thought I'd bought some carbon blades for my T500. Turns out I mistakenly bought some glass fibre ones instead, so fitted them anyway.
Promised myself that I'd buy CF set as replacements.

Then I realised I don't really know the difference (in flight) between the two. T600 has CF, T500 has GF can't really feel/tell the difference!

So, can you tell the difference in flight. Are carbons that much better for beginner/intermiediate level flying?

Would any flyer be able to pass the 'taste test'........

Hmmmmm.

[richieclarkie]

I think it depends at what level you fly, or perhaps how hard you push the heli.

I could defintely tell the difference as the majority of decent 3D flyers could. The heli feels soft with glass blades and there's much more risk of boom strike.

For learners and sport flyers there are some advantages to glass blades. Blades which are a mix of glass and carbon can work for 3D, for example teh silver Funkey blades, but overall I would only ever choose full carbons.

[moonmanflyer]

You notice the difference in 3d flightr easy, the glass fibres are alot softer and slower, makes the heli feel heavy and slow to react to imputs and would not hang as well as with carbons but for general sports flying there is no need for carbons.
I also say they are an ideal choice for scale, my mate has them on his MD500 and they work really well

[heliward0]

spongy and soft..and a very good point about the boom striking too...

[Toolman]

I have never found the equal to my first set of glassfibre Neon Red G-Blades!

Well that ages me, but its how I remember them.

Tim.

[marktigere1]

Remember that with carbons and hard head dampers you need a faster head speed to prevent wobbles and vibrations.

I've got Carbon on the Rappy with 80 dampers (blue) and am trying some Torsion Glass blades on the Skippy.

Not a 3D'er so they should be fine. Look nice.

Cheers

Mark