Blade tracking

[GCK]

I’m running the stock wooden Esky blades. I have noticed now that it has been hot and humid out that my tracking starts to go out of whack while I’m flying. When I first bring my helicopter outside from an air conditioned house my tracking is pretty much dead on. By the time I’m finishing up with a second battery pack my tracking is off by a good 1/8 inch or more. It seems these wooden blades distort with the humidity in the air. Is this a good argument for carbon blades? Or are there better wooden blades that would not have this problem? Since my flying consists of hovering and flying figure 8’s I didn’t feel I needed the expensive carbon blades at this point. And the stock Esky blades are cheap to replace. But I’m starting to rethink that now.

[Ian 777]

Esky woodies are the worst thing about mate, Align woodies or fiber cost about the same and are 10 times better. I havn't heard very good reports about Esky carbon either.

If you use a the align blades you will need to put a small spacer inth the blade holder as they are thinner than the Esky ones.

You will find that they fly much better too

Ian

[Boddan]

I can only second Ian's comment!

E-sky woodies are in my book worthless (exept when I have chrashed and is waiting for the new blades to arrive )

I have used align 315mm woodies and they track perfectly, in all weather conditions. Also I just put on the align 315mm carbon's, will test them later today if the weather allows...

[Heli Yea!]

Does anyone know how the CopterX woodies fair? I'm getting some later today. I just like to jump the gun and be informed before my own testing. I'll give my opinion later.

[Ian 777]

Don't know mate, Ber 60 has a CopterX so that probably came with some but he is on holiday in Austria.

Be interested to see how they compare to Align

[Heli Yea!]

I have never tried the Align blades but I'm going to the park in a couple of hours to try the CopterX blades. So I won't have any comparison but I will let you know how they fly.

[Heli Yea!]

The CopterX blades are 325mm, really light, well balanced, and track well. They also shatter well in a crash. They seem better than the Esky stock woodies and cost less too. Over all I liked them and have ordered more. They do require 1mm shims and fit in the Esky cnc blade grips with no mods. I don't know how they fit in the plastic ones or if you need to trim the roots.