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Gaude
07-17-2008, 03:56 PM
Hi all,

Last post got deleted as I was trying to spell check, and it was a more informative post... I hate that soo much that I will not write it out again :arggg:

I only have experience with Blade CP Pro blades ie. $14 plastic mass produced blades. These blades were usually close to balance, no more then 1 full wrap of elect tape and was balanced.

I have some new blades for a new heli T-rex 600N sport. The Align 600B carbon fiber blades are so far out of balance its not even funny!
I used trim tape(pin striping tape) to balance them and each balace (CG and weight) required multiple wraps around the blades to get them right:wow2:

WTF

I did not use the hologram stickers.. I presume they are just for blade tracking.

What the hell?? these are $90 blades... what do i do??
Send em back to Align?
Rebalance with good ol trusted electrical tape?
Stop being a baby and dont worry about the 2-4mm bump of tape on the blades?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, because as of right now.. fk aligns blades! I wont buy them if this is what I will get. (or am I daft and this is common... I dont think so tho)

P.S. for those that watch finless's videos.. he has a blade balancing video and my blades put his out of blance blades to shame... way way more tape.

*cry*

Gaude
07-17-2008, 09:05 PM
No one?

Would have thought someone would've commented by now :confused:

StringfellowHawk
07-17-2008, 11:56 PM
No one?

Would have thought someone would've commented by now :confused:

Here is what I would do.... Use a gram scale (or a decent digital kitchen scale) and weigh both blades. Then you will know if they are really off or not.

This won't help with center of gravity issues, but it will tell you if one blade is horribly off or not.

StringfellowHawk
07-18-2008, 12:01 AM
Also remember to remove all of the tape when you do.

Gaude
07-18-2008, 11:52 AM
Has anyone returned stuff with GrandRC before?

Do they not have an RMA policy? I am being told I have to pay shipping back to GRC and shipping from GRC to me (probably a total of $50 plus w/e applicable duties due to the fact they are not RMAing it)

This seems like absolute BS to me.... :bs

any info/help?:confused: