Post pics of your Blade 450X

[gpracer1]

Originally Posted by bundydeity

i love the look of the carbon tail boom! i read a review somewhere about these, are they really not much stronger then stock?

Take an aluminum or even steel pipe and beat it against something hard, then do it with a carbon pipe......then you will be a believer.

[bundydeity]

i wish i had of bought the carbon fiber ones instead of aluminum now
how do you go with your heli during flight? you have a lot of dark components on there - especially in the tail - does it make it harder to see?

[hemp]

Originally Posted by bundydeity

how do you go with your heli during flight? does it make it harder to see?

Wait, these things are supposed to be flown?

[Coco66]

Originally Posted by gpracer1

Take an aluminum or even steel pipe and beat it against something hard, then do it with a carbon pipe......then you will be a believer.

But buy a spare boom before trying!

[3dplank]

My 450x pic

[GravityBlows]

[jchandler]

Originally Posted by GravityBlows

Very nice.

[profilefan]

Originally Posted by GravityBlows

We need a side pic of the one with the red window.

[Coorslite]

Put in a Ice 50 lite esc, eflite 450 motor, and 5065 cyclic with 5084 tail servos..short hover to test things out, will fly more tomorrow...





was a 450 3d incase your wondering why it has the zyx haha

[bundydeity]

looks nice with all the aluminum parts! did you find the tail was heavy after installing? i really wish the main gears were a different color i find it cheapens the look

[Coco66]

Originally Posted by bundydeity

looks nice with all the aluminum parts! did you find the tail was heavy after installing? i really wish the main gears were a different color i find it cheapens the look

I think you could dye them... same as skids, tail blades and fins.

[profilefan]

Or use the black gears from the blade 400. They are the same but black.

[Coorslite]

Don't have a lot of stick time with it but
The hover went well...I think the new esc and bigger motor help counter the slightly heavier tail...

[helifanatic99]

Originally Posted by mtuccio

I haven't flown the stock blades yet and don't plan on it anytime soon because they are Black (Very difficult for me to keep track of in the air given the current weather conditions in NY and surroundings of the field I'm flying at right now). I flew the Aligns because I've been flying these for 1.5+ years on the BeastX controller with other FBL machines and I understand what has to change in the system if needed.

The grips are the same and the 450 today and you still need to run spacers on the blades.....Not a big deal but makes changing blades out a bit more of a PITA.

Hope this helps....

Are those Align blades FBL specific blades? Are FBL specific blades even needed on this heli? Hope not since I already have multiple sets of carbon blades for my 4503D. The 450X is in the mail!

[jhamel]

I had to use the spacers on both sides of the blades as well with the Align 3G blades. I would be interested in learning of blades that do not require spacers with the stock grips.

[helifanatic99]

Originally Posted by johnahamelv

I had to use the spacers on both sides of the blades as well with the Align 3G blades. I would be interested in learning of blades that do not require spacers with the stock grips.

Why? What's the big deal with using spacers?

[jhamel]

Originally Posted by helifanatic99

Why? What's the big deal with using spacers?

Once the blades are on the grips, no longer an issue. However, it is much easier to swap blades that do not require spacers. Changing blades that require aligning the blades and spacers is a more time consuming process. If one tries changing the blades at the field, one risks loosing the spacers. One looks really silly when on all fours trying to find small parts on the grass.

[hemp]

Originally Posted by helifanatic99

Are those Align blades FBL specific blades?

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=410365

Originally Posted by helifanatic99

Are FBL specific blades even needed on this heli? Hope not since I already have multiple sets of carbon blades for my 4503D.

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=303502

[helifanatic99]

Originally Posted by hemp

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=410365
https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=303502

Thanks! Awesome that the 3G blades are only $15/set.

[spykez]

Originally Posted by johnahamelv

I had to use the spacers on both sides of the blades as well with the Align 3G blades. I would be interested in learning of blades that do not require spacers with the stock grips...

The 450X grips are about the same size as the 450 3D ones.

I suspect the only blades you will find readily that will fit the grips will be the 450 3D woodies. I've not tried the them, so I can say this is but a guess. They're probably not a realistic option; they are not rated for the 450X stock running at full tilt, probably not balanced ideally for FBL, if at all.