mCPX main blades on mSRX

microheliaddict · 04-22-2012, 04:45 PM

Thought I would try something different this weekend.. have been looking for optional main blades since having more power with brushless setup.

I decided to try mCPX blades as I have quite a pile of these. I first tried filing the end down to give a positive pitch when in blade grips. I was quite surprised to see how well this worked but found the part I had filed down was rather flimsy so would most likely break quite easily in a crash.

I then decided to bend a piece of aluminium to fit between the blade grips and the blade and this would give some positive pitch. Have found that around 10 degrees pitch works really well. Currently using KBDD blades with 10mm trimmed off the ends. Not to sure how this would hold out in a crash though!

Need a lot more experimenting with this setup and may need to trim the blades a little more.

I've found I get a bit more TBO since going brushless when giving a throttle burst. I'm currently using mCPX V2 tail but I'm hoping a brushless tail is going to help this.

Not sure how this setup would work with a brushed motor...

JCarter · 04-22-2012, 08:55 PM

That thing looks like a beast! Any videos of it flying?

Drivinfast247 · 04-22-2012, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCarter

That thing looks like a beast! Any videos of it flying?

x2.

microheliaddict · 04-23-2012, 04:53 AM

Will get a video done once I have brushless tail setup as well..

04-22-2012, 04:45 PM	#1
microheliaddict Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: United Kingdom	mCPX main blades on mSRX Thought I would try something different this weekend.. have been looking for optional main blades since having more power with brushless setup. I decided to try mCPX blades as I have quite a pile of these. I first tried filing the end down to give a positive pitch when in blade grips. I was quite surprised to see how well this worked but found the part I had filed down was rather flimsy so would most likely break quite easily in a crash. I then decided to bend a piece of aluminium to fit between the blade grips and the blade and this would give some positive pitch. Have found that around 10 degrees pitch works really well. Currently using KBDD blades with 10mm trimmed off the ends. Not to sure how this would hold out in a crash though! Need a lot more experimenting with this setup and may need to trim the blades a little more. I've found I get a bit more TBO since going brushless when giving a throttle burst. I'm currently using mCPX V2 tail but I'm hoping a brushless tail is going to help this. Not sure how this setup would work with a brushed motor... Attached Thumbnails

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04-22-2012, 08:55 PM	#2
JCarter Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Tempe, AZ	That thing looks like a beast! Any videos of it flying?

04-23-2012, 04:53 AM	#4
microheliaddict Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: United Kingdom	Will get a video done once I have brushless tail setup as well..