Help with Blade 400 rotor blades

[spunkmyer]

Been looking to replace the damaged blades on my 400, thought i would get some carbon ones, any ideas on which make to get? They will going in to scale project I am doing

Cheers

[squeaky pete]

get what ever ones that will match your project! lol either pure black or white lol

[spunkmyer]

looking at doing a civi 222 so would be black hhm or could be white though, just want a good make?

[squeaky pete]

to be fair, most 325carbon blades are good, plus if its a scaley, you want be throwing it around will ya

[spunkmyer]

Thanks for the help

[Butuz]

Just bear in mind if you ever tip it over the carbon blades will transfer all the damage right into your head/shaft/frames/scale body.

Good woodys are great - big fan of em, flew into a fire exit the other day and trashed the main and tail blades and thats it, didnt even bend the main or feathering shaft, no boom strike. If i had had carbons on there willing to wager a whole lot more of the heli would have been trashed.

Butuz

[Gate88]

flew into a fire exit the other day

Wot no video?

[Eddie]

Been looking to replace the damaged blades on my 400, thought i would get some carbon ones, any ideas on which make to get? They will going in to scale project I am doing

Cheers

Mike,

If you want to PM with your address I'll post you a set of "fibre glass" Hong Kong specials (FoC) which I use. Black and yellow..

Granted they are not the best but my Twister 3D storm flys more than great and I'm in no way bothered if I crash and break em as they aint expensive.....

[whirlybird]

Hi Mike

I am also looking for some. I get my blades from here:
eBay UK Shop - Seemmy999: RC Parts E-sky --, RC Parts T-rex, RC Blade

He sells the black and yellow ones Eddie is sending you, but also these:

4X 325mm carbon main Blade for 3DX-450 MDX450 MX 450 3D on eBay (end time 21-Aug-09 05:25:10 BST)

Got a couple of pairs on order. Will report back on quality.
Works out about £7/pair. Not bad value, if they are good.

I have a Belt-CP, which is similar to yours. You will probably find you need spacers in your blade holders.
All these blades seem to have thin roots. No biggie, just a couple of washers. If you get a choice, go for 3mm 'repair washers'. Bigger o/d compared with normal ones.

Don't worry about dealing with an Asian supplier. Bought loads from him, he is one of the good guys.

Hope this helps

Jeff

[spunkmyer]

Hi Mike

I am also looking for some. I get my blades from here:
eBay UK Shop - Seemmy999: RC Parts E-sky --, RC Parts T-rex, RC Blade

He sells the black and yellow ones Eddie is sending you, but also these:

4X 325mm carbon main Blade for 3DX-450 MDX450 MX 450 3D on eBay (end time 21-Aug-09 05:25:10 BST)

Got a couple of pairs on order. Will report back on quality.
Works out about £7/pair. Not bad value, if they are good.

I have a Belt-CP, which is similar to yours. You will probably find you need spacers in your blade holders.
All these blades seem to have thin roots. No biggie, just a couple of washers. If you get a choice, go for 3mm 'repair washers'. Bigger o/d compared with normal ones.

Don't worry about dealing with an Asian supplier. Bought loads from him, he is one of the good guys.

Hope this helps

Jeff

Thanks for that, your right I got spacers from my last blades that came apart on me.

Let me know things go with the order.

[spunkmyer]

Mike,

If you want to PM with your address I'll post you a set of "fibre glass" Hong Kong specials (FoC) which I use. Black and yellow..

Granted they are not the best but my Twister 3D storm flys more than great and I'm in no way bothered if I crash and break em as they aint expensive.....

Many thanks Eddie got the blades today, your are star (sorry could not help myself) lol I have PM you.

[Eddie]

Many thanks Eddie got the blades today, your are star (sorry could not help myself) lol I have PM you.

No worries Mike, happy the help....enjoy! just let us know how you get on with them...

[Sqwidge]

Can vouch for whirly's second ebay advert, these are the ones I use, they are very sturdy and are a good weight works out to £7.30 a pair or at least thats what I pay.

[whirlybird]

Hi Mike

Will post impressions of carbon blades, when they arrive. Shouldn't be long now.
Flight tests may take a little longer. Seem to have entered the hurricane season here in Sarf London.
Intrigued by blades that came apart on you. Sounds serious.
Could you give us some more details?
Cheers
Jeff

[Hangar-7]

Mike,

If you want to PM with your address I'll post you a set of "fibre glass" Hong Kong specials (FoC) which I use. Black and yellow..

Granted they are not the best but my Twister 3D storm flys more than great and I'm in no way bothered if I crash and break em as they aint expensive.....

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