What blades are you flying?

[rccardude04]

Basically, I'm looking for what blades you have on your Gasser EBs or probably even turbines since the heads are the same (aren't they?).

I also want to know if you've noticed any weird flight characteristics. Mainly a huge pitch-up tendency in forward flight.

I know there's a thread for pitch up in FFF, but I want to see how blade type relates to this problem. It's bugging me ok? :D

I'll go first...

NHP Razor Pro 800mm
Yes, it pitches up.

Thanks! Please everyone reply. The more the better on this one. :)

-Eric

[HeliEdje]

I follow the tread about FF pitch up with interest.

I use the NHP 800mm blades.
With this it has a slight pitch up tendency, only with very high FF speeds

[rccardude04]

I follow the tread about FF pitch up with interest.

I use the NHP 800mm blades.
With this it has a slight pitch up tendency, only with very high FF speeds

Do you have any negative paddle preload? Any modifications other than stock setup to any linkage?

-Eric

[HeliEdje]

Do you have any negative paddle preload? Any modifications other than stock setup to any linkage?

-Eric

No negative paddle preload. I use the stock paddles (flybar in front hole).
No mods on linkage setup. I only threw away the stock tail blades (really bad stuff, way to much flex), mounted Radix 105 blades
Pitch curve lineair +9/-9 degrees

[Guydodge]

Hi Guys,

I fly a Bergen intrepid gasser. paddles are stubz from Curtis, main blades are also, they do have a slight picht up tendency also my V-blades. but if you move your paddles to -1° it's gone. I don't think its a blades issue, but a canopy issue! try to fly without.

Guy

[rccardude04]

I thought about the canopy, but I remember it doing it for my first flights, even though I was tail heavy.

I'll try this also. Simple thing to try!

-Eric

[Trevor January]

i run the 810 v-blades and mine and it tracks fine :thumbup:

[TVaillancourt]

710 rotor tech.Now the NHP 800's pulled up hard in forward flight but I did not notice it with the 710's.The 800's pulled up hard with both standard paddles and the fancy carbon paddles.Also keeping in mind the testing of the 710's was with the standard paddles and no canopy.I did not notice any pitching up with the 710's

[MarkWebber]

I've never noticed any pitchiness w/810 V's on my EB nor with V's on the standard Gasser. V paddles on both.

[Trevor January]

hey mark

i think it's the v pads are the way to go i think the stock ones cause it pitch cause i run both v pads and blades and got nothing two!

[rccardude04]

I'm running Curtis Youngblood Stubz on mine. But NHP blades. By the posts so far, it seems like people with NHPs seem to have pitching troubles, V-Blade folks don't. I guess maybe it's looking like "you get what you pay for" may be a true statement after all. :( lol

-Eric

[lperagallo]

I run Radix 710s on my Gasser. Some tendency to nose up, but I've trimmed it out. No big deal. I run Vbalades on the turbine. I have a -1 degree pitch in the paddles. Doesn't seem to pitch up unless I'm coming in fast off a drive from way up. Just fly it and don't worry.

I've also just tried 800 MScomposit blades since Vblades seem almost impossible to get. The blades flew fine and are quite a bit cheaper then Vblades. The blades are FAI rated and not suitable for hard 3D. That information is on their site. I did everything with the turbine I normally do and they worked just as well as the Vblades.

If Vic doesn't get production back, I'm going to stick with the MScomposit blades. They are also local to me and I can go and pick them up.

On the subject of the pitching up, I thought that was a problem when I first started flying. Seems like it becomes a non issue once you get some stick time and skills in flying a big machine. It's sort of like learning to fly in windy conditions. One second you're flying fine next second you're 50 feet higher or lower. Just learn to react to what the machine is doing. If you have the machine balanced, then flying it is just part of the skill level needed. It's like collective management. I suck at it, but each flight I work to get a better handle on it and there are actually times when it all clicks.

Just have fun and be safe,
Lou

[rccardude04]

I guess that is always an option... Just hold the stick forward a bit. :)

It just seems to be *more* than say my Raptor or anything else I've flown. Even my T-Rex 450 didn't pitch up like this.

I'll try to get some stick time in tomorrow (well, today now... Sunday 10/26) and see how it goes.

-Eric