550 streched to 600 questions

[JRAY]

Yeah, I know tolerances are better for CF blades now. Century sells a 5 blade set, but it's like $160 and they are fiberglass. I just figure that i could get 3 sets of CF blades at a better price and then just balance them together myself.

[JoseReyes]

Originally Posted by JRAY

Yeah, I know tolerances are better for CF blades now. Century sells a 5 blade set, but it's like $160 and they are fiberglass. I just figure that i could get 3 sets of CF blades at a better price and then just balance them together myself.

I have a set of four of the same blades... they were spot on perfect balance. Did no have to do anything to them. They are scale blades and they do flex, so it is a different flying experience.

It's true, you can get carbon fiber blades, then you have to blade match all of them and for a little extra you can get them already blade match and balance.

[Andy01]

I think you will find that almost all of the matched sets are fibreglass. There is nothing wrong with well made GF blades - many people (incl me) have been put off by poorly made GF blades (probably for a little 450), or by the stories of how bad they are for 3D (which may well be true).

I would go with a matched set rather than trying to balance some CF blades, which can be quite painful if they are a few grams different.

I am actually running 4x GF blades from HobbyKing on my Seahawk and they are fine. They were about $18 a pair but actually work a fair bit better than the RCA scale blades.

Colin

[JRAY]

Thanks for the info, guys. Well, that's what I was looking at. It's not that I don't want to use GF blades, but surely, it wouldn't be that bad trying to balance the CF blades and since I can get 3 pair of CF blades for half the price of a matched set of GF blades, I don't mind attempting the balancing. Am I just being hardheaded?


Never mind, I found a set of Rototechs at Century for $149. That's not bad.

[Andy01]

The only problem I could foresee with balancing a CF blade that needed a bit of weight is drilling and gluing in a lead weight may not be easy because there is not much to drill into to hold the weight in place - very thin CF shell with foam etc inside. I would be worried that the lead would not stay put with the centrifugal force.

I'm sure plenty people have done it though.

Colin

[JRAY]

Yeah, for $150, I might just buy the set. I have some of the RCA scale blades rightnow. Going to try them out first.

[SidewaysLS4]

I dont know if anyone mentioned this already, but MSComposite has CF sets of more than 2, I would assume they are balanced

[JRAY]

Originally Posted by SidewaysLS4

I dont know if anyone mentioned this already, but MSComposite has CF sets of more than 2, I would assume they are balanced

Thanks, sideways. I'll check it out.

[JRAY]

And so it begins......