Radix Blades

[Nightlore]

Hi

Is anyone on here using a pair of Radix Blades (600mm)

I have been using some MAH blades but i would like to try some Radix ones to see what they are like

I have been looking to buy some for some time now but can’t find any everyone is out of stock, can you point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Brian

[Ade_Law]

skyline is going to be your best bet as they are the importers. If they dont have any they may be able to tell you a shop that does have some.

i know there has been a supply shortage of them.

I am yet to try a set.

Ade

[Ade_Law]

Had the chance to do a bit of a blade comparison at the weekend. 3 of us the other 2 are simon(109) and Chriss (Raptor50lover) had a play with a set of Radix and Vs. A couple of other sets of blades were tested too, more on this later.

Vs have been my preference for over a year. They are ultra stiff giving crisp sharp input from both collective and cyclic they are also very accurate in the sky making it easy to place the model where you want it. The downside is that it is relatively easy to "bog" meaning that when you over pitch the blades with a combination of cyclic and collective the drag from the blades goes up a lot which reduces the headspeed. Once you get used to them its fairly easy to balance the amount of collective and cyclic you are using and find the edge.

Unfortunately due to lack of time I didnt get to try the radix.. DOH!

Simon has a raptor 50 with hyper/hatori, 611 Vs and TT greed paddles with 9252 and a TJ pro Chris has 811s on the cyclic and a hitec highspeed digi on the collective and a 611. Currently using cheapy JP blades with TT white paddles.

I would say these guys are of pretty similar skill level to each other but Simons heli is definitly the better spec and slightly sweeter to fly. the 9252s all round def make a difference and seem to bring out qualities in in the blades differently.

before i go any further i would just like to thank both of them for letting me fly their helis during my knights down time. Certainly kept me sane!

having seen them both fly both sets of blades I had a little chat with them to try to gauge what they thought of them.

Ok... now i am gonna shut up and let them say what they thought :-)

Ade

[Raptorite]

And then there was silence!

I fly those JP blades, I have a set of 550's on the 30 and 710's on the 90, to me they fly pretty similar to SAB's, maybe not quite as accurate or as good in an auto but pretty close, so for the money they are well worth a look.

Cheers,
Pete.

[Ade_Law]

For the money the JPs are good but the more expensive blades def fly much nicer especially on a raptor (high flybar input) with light paddles.

Ade

[Janek]

Radix blades are still like rocking horse sh1t, especially the 600's, the reason sighted is the "Worldwide" carbon fibre shortage. . . . . . yea right

[simon109]

Hi,

Only just seen this thread :-) At the weekend as Ade said we all had a bit of a blade fest. I tried V's (mine) some other V's which were slighlty thinner I think ?, Radix 600's and some NHP's (think they were Razor Pro's ?) correct me if I'm wrong on any of those please.

Ok V's, love them definatly my favorite blade they just seem to have excellent bite and lots of punch to them. The other V's were very hard to tell apart from mine, they did seem to bog more ? which I don't know how as they were thinner.

Radix, Hmmm nice blade very smooth in the hover and flying around and I think they will auto better than the V's (didn't try one as they are not mine) They are definatly know where near as snappy and punchy as the V's so this is what put me off them as they don't really suit my flying. I still think I may buy a set to fly longer and see how I like them. What I do like is the price compared to V's and they very easy to see. Full power climb out seemed alot slower and bog more than the V's or NHP's

NHP's these were nice very much like the V's but with out the high price tag the only thing that lets them down is they are all black so there hard to see and you don't the nice disk showing up lik ethe V's or Radix. If they had a white band on or something to show them up I would buy a set.

My order of favorites for my flying style,

1. V's
2. NHP's
3. Radix

Simon.

[ChrisB]

Ade,you are welcome to fly my helis any time,your help and giving me the opportunity to try different equipment has helped me no end.

Simons heli looks more positive in the air and he offered me a fly with it which i declined because i didnt wish to break it.

I have used JP blades for a year or so now and like them overall,i dont think my flying ability exceeds them so will probably continue to use them for now.They are a bit flexy but are quite accurate and auto well,for the price they are a bargain.
Ade has let me use some new NHP`s he is testing and i like them better,i would certainly buy a set when they are available,they bite the air well and are more accurate than the JPs,they are also very stiff.I would like them to have some white on though as Simon said earlier.

The Radix were a nice blade,the rotor disc was nice and visible,they probably would auto well but i also didnt try any,i agree with Simon also in saying they did not bite the air like the Vs in fact i think my JPs have a better bite,climbouts seemed slower,we didnt do any pitch setting checks though.

V`s what can i say,i dont really see a benefit from my point of view,i can see by watching Ade and Simon fly that they appear superior to all the others but on my heli i cannot see a difference.They bog my motor more but i only currently use Magnum 12%.I intend to go up to 20% and see if i get an improvement as most competent fliers use around that or more.I would like to try the V`s some more.

Simons heli although similar to mine in spec flys much better from watching him,he uses 9252`s on cyclic to my DS811`s so it may be that,we both have same engine,airframe,gyro and head layout.I used white paddles but will try the green ones again to see if that helps.

To sum it all up from my views i would rate them as follows

1.The new NHPs
2.V`s
3.JP`s
4.Radix

[Sao]

NHP's these were nice very much like the V's but with out the high price tag the only thing that lets them down is they are all black so there hard to see and you don't the nice disk showing up lik ethe V's or Radix. If they had a white band on or something to show them up I would buy a set.




You can get the NHP's with a white vinyl covering. Or you can buy a sticker and put on a white band wherever you want.

I have the plain and White NHP's for my MP and swap between them depending on the conditions, one set shows up better in a cloudless sky and the others better with cloud

[Janek]

I purchased a couple of sets of NHP blades recently, only because my normal BBT's were not in stock.

Got to the field, and the owner of the shop I brought them from was there, and asked if he could try them out, as he hadn't tried the new style yet. He put them on his R50 and beat the sh1t out of it, on handing me back the blades, he said they were crap

I quite liked them. . . . but my skills are nowhere near his level

[Ade_Law]

the NHPs we tested were another step on from the current NHPs which are imo already very good.

hes changed the position of the bolt hold. same idea as the cam blades it makes the blades "lead" a bit more.

for me the only thing these NHPs lack over the Vs is a small amount of accuracy they just dont seem quite a locked in.

oh and the halos :-)

Ade

[Nightlore]

I am currently running BBT's at the moment, I like them a lot when it comes to autos, but they are so heavy that cyclic is sluggish even though I am using the tt green paddles, before I bout the bbt blades I was running a set of MAH blades, I loved them they where very good in the autos and fast on the cyclic, and did not bog the engine down, (coolpower 15), I want to get some better blades but I am not to sure about the radix blades now, I don’t want NHP's though, so what would you recommend I only have about £60 to spend, I have found a set of 600mm MAH for £45 as they now sell there G2 blades and they are selling the old ones off,

[Ade_Law]

why dont you want nhps?

Ade

[Nightlore]

I had a set of the older ones with the closed tip they didnt hold up verry well to my flying and they split in half in flight, so thats put me off NHP's

[ChrisB]

I couldnt stand the old NHP`s but the new ones are a good blade,they seem very rigid..