Help with Blade 400 rotor blades

[Eddie]

I was going to make the same offer. I have used both carbon and glassfibre -both are at least 100% better than woodies.

Yep I have some spare as well which you can have but perhaps you do not need now.

PS carbon fibre is much too good for B400 but may be useful if you're going to do 3D stuff.

Cheers

Hanger-7, great to see someone else on a sensible wave length.....I dont see why anyone else would use any better blades than all of us have mentioned....the cheap HG blades do just fine for fun flying, well at my level anyway...

[spunkmyer]

I was going to make the same offer. I have used both carbon and glassfibre -both are at least 100% better than woodies.

Yep I have some spare as well which you can have but perhaps you do not need now.

PS carbon fibre is much too good for B400 but may be useful if you're going to do 3D stuff.

Cheers

Thanks for the offer Hanger 7, I have one set of woodies and the ones the Eddie sent me at the moment.

Keep hold of em until somebody who really needs them comes along. but thanks again.

[whirlybird]

Hi All

Carbon blades from here have arrived.

4X 325mm carbon main Blade for Trex 450-SE 450-XL 3D on eBay (end time 22-Aug-09 02:21:33 BST)

No chance of flight test, too busy with maiden of my Belt-CP, but first impressions are good.
Very light, only 2 gram heavier than the woodies from the Belt, and very, very stiff, as you would expect. I paid £6.80 a pair, and IMHO very good value.
So much I have bought a couple more pairs.
I have an Ark 400, currently running Aligh woodies at an insane H/S.
Might just be the test vehicle. Will keep you posted.
Cheers
Jeff

[joe.lel]

Hi guys,

Am thinking of getting some of these, but, do they come a balanced pairs?? Or will i need to get a blade balancer to sort them out myself??

Cheers

Joe

[whirlybird]

Hi Joe

However good quality the blades are, they will almost certainly need balancing.
A good blade balancer is your best investment, and will pay for itself in a smoother running helicopter.
I am sure either I, or the experts here can suggest a good make.
Hope this helps
Jeff

[joe.lel]

Cheers, looks like i will have to look for one (and tap the missus for some money) LOL.

Cheers

Joe

[whirlybird]

Hi Joe

Been searching through the infernal net, trying to find the blade balancer I use. No luck, mind you, I have had it for years, so it is probably out of production.
There is one I see a lot. Looks good for what you need, although I have never used one. Perhaps some other forum members could comment?

If you need one quick, this is the cheapest UK supplier I have found

Blade Balancer From Heliguy.com

If you can afford to wait a bit, this is the same, but half the price

Helicopter Blade Balancer Tester align Trex 450 500 600 on eBay (end time 19-Aug-09 02:56:13 BST)

This supplier is in HK, but I have bought loads from him. He's ok, goods normally take about 10 days.

I have seen some balancers at about £3. these consist of a threaded rod, with pointed ends, and two nuts. Idea is you bolt the blades together, back to back, and then hold between your fingers to balance.
Advise against one of these. You need one hand to hold the balancer, and two to apply the tape.
Don't have three hands, do you?
No, thought not!

Hope this helps

Jeff

[joe.lel]

Thanks for the link, much appreciated.

Just what i was looking for!!!!!.

One question though (as if i havent hijacked this thread enough), how do you find the centre of gravity of the blade with this, or is that something else i need to buy, or does it not matter where you put the tape.??

Cheers

Joe

[whirlybird]

Hi Joe
Probably get myself shot for this, but up to 500 size, I don't worry about c/g. There is a way to establish spanwise c/g, and some even go to chordwise c/g as well.
IMHO, in the blade sizes we deal with, this is a waste of good flying time.
Just make sure blades balance against each other, then go play.

I repeat, this is my opinion, not gospel, but it works.

Cheers

Jeff

[joe.lel]

Ok mate no problems ,

Get your head down now from lowflying stuff!! LOL.

Thanks for your help.

Joe

[spunkmyer]

Hi All

Carbon blades from here have arrived.

4X 325mm carbon main Blade for Trex 450-SE 450-XL 3D on eBay (end time 22-Aug-09 02:21:33 BST)

No chance of flight test, too busy with maiden of my Belt-CP, but first impressions are good.
Very light, only 2 gram heavier than the woodies from the Belt, and very, very stiff, as you would expect. I paid £6.80 a pair, and IMHO very good value.
So much I have bought a couple more pairs.
I have an Ark 400, currently running Aligh woodies at an insane H/S.
Might just be the test vehicle. Will keep you posted.
Cheers
Jeff

Thanks for keep me posted about the blades, I've not had time to fly in the last week with kids on hols etc but I will order some in the next week and see how it goes.

As per my sig I got the blade 400 and the trex 600 both lecy's but am looking to get a trex 500 nitro to progress in to the hobby with engines.

Cheers.

[whirlybird]

Hi Mike

PM me your address, and I will pop a pair in the post for you.
If you like them, sort out some money, if you don't, just send them back.
How about that?

Cheers

Jeff

[spunkmyer]

Hi Mike

PM me your address, and I will pop a pair in the post for you.
If you like them, sort out some money, if you don't, just send them back.
How about that?

Cheers

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,

I have sent a pm to you.

[spunkmyer]

HI Jeff

Blades arrived today, very nice looking blades, not had time to look at them though as busy over weekend.

I will PM you.

Mike