Gluing the blade roots on the stock woodies

[lightbulbjim]

I suddenly thought today to epoxy up the blade root spacers on the stock H550 woodies. I tried pulling the plastic pieces off one of the blades, but they seemed to be stuck down already. I started to lift the plastic and it
felt like it was going to tear up the wood. So I just stuck some CA in there and stuck it back down. I didn't try removing the spacers on the other blade for fear of weakening it.

Are these glued up alright from the factory? Other than the Hurri all I've got is a T-Rex 450, so I've never glued up blades before.

I do have a set of RCP 500mm carbons, but I want to run the woodies for a little while yet in case of "mishaps" ;-)

I got a little worried after reading this thread: http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=14957

[worldofmaya]

Hi!
Besides balancing I would not touch a blade at all... don't think too much about postings. If there would be more like that I would think about it, but it isn't. By the way Gaui would also react...
There's always a risk, but at least if you exchange your blades after an accident and you always make your flight-checks this risk should be as small as possible. You shouldn't use the wood blades for higher rpm.. if you stay below 2000 they should be okay.
-Klaus

[lightbulbjim]

Fair enough. I'm running at somewhere between 1900-2000 RPM (calculated) at the moment. I'll probably switch to the carbons soon anyway.

[istandalone]

i couldn't get my plastic roots off either. so i just injected some ca into the small space and hope it's all good. probly if i run my woodies i'll use my 13t pinion to slow the head speed some.