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http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLMA4&P=7
Has anyone tried these? Are Helimax carbons any good?
Does anyone know who makes their blades?
Ron
istandalone
11-18-2007, 09:17 AM
in my experience helimax blades suck. it took me a long time to get them balanced. and get this. i'll balance and track (this is on an mx450) align 325 woodies perfectly and then throw on the helimax carbon fiber and/or fiberglass blades. then the tracking will be off. this does not make sense.
Pinecone
11-18-2007, 10:30 AM
Why does this seem wrong? The woodies probably need a slight difference in pitch on each blade.
What would be more bothersome would be to track one set of carbon fiber blades and the next set being off significantly.
Where you'd have to be concerned is if you had two sets of carbon blades that tracked differently, like Pinecone said. And, I have. I've also had many sets of t-rex 450 woodies. Majority of them good, but I've had some crappy ones.
istandalone
11-18-2007, 04:02 PM
What would be more bothersome would be to track one set of carbon fiber blades and the next set being off significantly
that's basically what i'm getting at. if i track one set of fiberglass and then throw on my 2nd set, both balanced perfectly, they'll be different.