Matt Botos Blades

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[Rctintin]

Heard about these last week on ATTF pod cast.

They look good, let's hope the price is lower than Radix!

[millerman]

They look pretty nice


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[Paulo uk]

They will be expensive I reckon circa Radix price....

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[Eckchaz]

Nice.. I second on price around Radix/Edge blades

I see its not a normal design but with a tapered main chord and chopped off tips.. anyone know the benifits of this?

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"With Rail Blades, nothing about the design is arbitrary! The tip of a rotor blade is one of the most important features of the rotor blade design. Many rotor blade manufacturers simply design a tip that looks good without considering the importance of efficiency. If you have ever heard a rotor blade flutter during aggressive maneuvers it is because the rotor blades are coming out of track, this is mainly due to a poorly designed rotor blade tip. Rotor blades that make excessive noise are consuming priceless energy that your helicopter should be using to accelerate itself through the air. Rail Blades have been designed with an ultra efficient rotor blade tip which delivers unparalleled power and silence"

[pgkevet]

Are rotor blades just someone's best guess for a sales pitch and cool look ..or genuinely designed and tunnel tested?

[Swashbuckler]

The tip shape should reduce blade fart which is the blades going out of track, therefore they should be more stable and efficient.

[SRH990]

They look very much like Rotortech blades from Century to me, same tip shape but a bit different at the root, I know Rotortech are well regarded in the US but rarely seen over here.