Has anyone busted a cb blade

[rudderman]

Im a newbie and i keep busting those wood blades.So i have decided to try the carbon fiber blades.Can anyone give me a heads up on the carbon fiber blades

[HeliDan]

Well, CF blades are MUCH stronger, but the problem is instead of breaking the rotors, you will transfer the shock to the head and do more damage to the head. Which causes even MORE work to fix.

Grips, main shaft, main gear and stuff will be damaged more quickly, maybe even the 3in1 unit.

[rudderman]

So you don't recommend these for a beginner? What do you recommend other than the wood blades they are just to fraglie for me.

[HeliDan]

So you don't recommend these for a beginner? What do you recommend other than the wood blades they are just to fraglie for me.

Well, since I made the same mistake, figuring that a blade would be a good trainer, I'll tell you what I have done and am doing.

If you dont have a simulator, get one. I use G3 (now 3.5) and it has made a ton of difference. Also, start out with a larger heli.

A 30 or 50 size nitro, or I am building a TREX450 right now.

Blades are not real stable and are more towards a more experienced pilot, in my opinion......

Good luck!!

[chopperdudes]

where do you mostly fly? over concrete vs grass. i fly over grass and never broke a cf blade (well, yesterday i did, but that was crashing into my bike, so that doesn't count) carbon fiber blades tracks better and is smoother in my opinion, i personally like the esky ones cuz they're longer and in my experience better balanced. cf blades minor scuffs and stuffs could be fixed with 5 min epoxy, but performace will decrease. highly recommended if you fly over grass, not at all if flying over concrete.

[rudderman]

Thanks chopper i will look into geting them i fly over grass

[chopperdudes]

and remember to cut throttle ASAP when you crash to minimize damage.

[rudderman]

ok thanks what do you suggest on the tail blade keep it stock or get carbon fiber

[chopperdudes]

get a dd tail, best one i'd say, don't go carbon fiber as your wasting ur money and i've heard that the hole is not drilled center.

[rudderman]

Ok thanks for all your help chopper

[chopperdudes]

no problem.

[Buzzkill]

Personaly, IMO if your still crashing a lot, stick with the wood blades. CF blades will definately do more damage to your bird over woodies not to mention they are $30 a pop. Tail boom strikes are common for noobs (like myself) the woodies will definaltely get tore up but its better than replacing a tail boom or worse the tail boom, frame, main shaft and blade grips. Plasti blades do as much damage as the CF blades IMO. CF tail rotor looks nice and matches CF main blades but really isnt worth the $$. DD tail mod rocks and cost less than CF tail rotor and stock tail motor.

Helidan hits the nail on the head. Geta good sim. There about $200 but you'll save at least that much in repairs with the sim. I use realflight G3.5 myself but there's supposed to be a lot of good options out there.

Concrete is a noob killer. Trust me I know. Definately agree with the grass, just watch your tail rotors you'll fry tail motors faster if they get "caught" in the grass. We have a lot of snow where I live and although I havent noticed any negative effects (other than my fingers getting cold) the snow has saved my butt a few times with potential CP killer crashes. My 2 cents. Ok a quater :wink:

[chopperdudes]

grass will soften your landings, however, when trying to hover or something like that, put the training gear on and go out to your driveway. you'll learn much faster because you will be able to slide around on the training gear and get the hang of the controls. and will be less likely to have a tip over... once your past hovering, go to grass. also try radd's. heard it helps alot, but i didn't use it.

[dbercot]

I suggest flying over concrete. I had most of my early wrecks on tipovers and grass just aggravates that. Also, when you catch the tail blade on grass the heli pitches over and breaks stuff.

I think there is a coin-toss situation between wood blades and plastic blades, the plastic blades are resilient but break the boom. If you get good at fixing the boom, that's cheaper (sometimes) than blades. CF blades are NOT necessarily resilient to crashes; once you chip or crack them they are in danger of coming apart and are supposed to be discarded.

So, I suggest flying CHEAP woodies over concrete, or flying Plasti-Blades over concrete.

Mostly, I suggest RealFlight G3, the best money I ever spent on helis.

[chopperdudes]

yes, but once you mastered the hover, i suggest you fly over grass. and notice the word 'mastered'. plastic blades are heavy i've heard and will break more parts in the head... cf blades can be fixed with 5 min epoxy and flys well.

[bullaculla]

Also plasti blades are very flexible. you will get boom strike in a hard landing. I've cut my boom clean off. Also as chopperdudes has said, heavy and could result in burnt 3-in-1 or the 4-in1 in a regular bladeCP. but I have a slightly used set and a brand new pair if anyone is interested :roll:

To get around tip overs, just pop up faster on your take off. Get out of the ground effect and get around eye level. Spool it up slowly and about midstick when it gets light on its skids pop the stick up a little to get away from the ground. At least when you are higher up you have time and space to try to recover.
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