Protos Max Tri-Blade

[OnTheSnap]

For the 3 blade fans out there. Below is the third flight on a prototype of this head.

MSH has their own view on how dampening on a 3 blade head should work and it's very very impressive in flight.

The heli has a very different sound to it. It's crazy locked in while also very agile. It's pretty cool!

There will also be a 3 blade tail option.

Protos Max Evoluzione 3 Blade Test #1 (3 min 14 sec)

[Number]

Any estimates on the price of the upgrade?

[OnTheSnap]

Originally Posted by Number

Any estimates on the price of the upgrade?

Nothing to announce yet

[sim kid]

Looks pretty awesome OTS

[aziz76]

Very cool. It looks awesome, and I love my 700 KSE, but I also love my Protos the way it is, so this may have to be Protos No 2

[pctomlin]

Feel like throwing a temper tantrum, Alex gets to play with all the cool toys first.

[jsbach#1]

The Kyle Stacy Wishes edition lol

[OnTheSnap]

Originally Posted by pctomlin

Feel like throwing a temper tantrum, Alex gets to play with all the cool toys first.

Come and fly with me and I might hand you my transmitter. (-:

[vtown nick]

Originally Posted by jsbach#1

The Kyle Stacy Wishes edition lol

Hell yeah make the goblin tremble in a corner!

Love that sound! Now just need a matching tail for the full effect.

[shadco]

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Green Evo with tri head.


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[KSKen]

Seems like a 3-bld tail would fix some issues we seem to be having currently for 2-bld head.. or low HS with larger blades I should say..any plans for 3-bld tail soon??

[OnTheSnap]

Originally Posted by Blade550X

Seems like a 3-bld tail would fix some issues we seem to be having currently for 2-bld head.. or low HS with larger blades I should say..any plans for 3-bld tail soon??

Yes, there is a 3 blade tail in development. Which for sure is ideal for ultra low headspeed setups. But also great for insanity mode on the 3 blade setup.

[Thunder Fighter]

Looks nice. What size main blades were they Alex?

I have played with the 3 blade head on my Goblins and while they do have some nice flight attributes I am waiting for the 3 blade tail more.

//Dennis.

[NTM]

Yup, three blade tail is a bunch more interesting than the head. Nothing but positives there.

[Colin Broughton]

Want, need, take my money

[Thunder Fighter]

Originally Posted by NTM

Yup, three blade tail is a bunch more interesting than the head. Nothing but positives there.

BTW NTM, just wanted to say you were right, the HK5035 in the Max as a low headspeed 800 is a great setup. I swapped out the Pyro 800 and put the big Scorpoin motor in and it's working great. And to link it back to the 3 blade tail setup, this will make the Max V2 by far the best 800 platform available. It's close now but having the 3 blade tail will give that final polish for the lower headspeeds.

//Dennis.

[crazy_for_flying]

Is the upgrade going to be a full new head or just the needed parts to make it a 3 bladed head? Personally I want it to just be another blade grip and other parts to keep the cost low.

[OnTheSnap]

Originally Posted by Thunder Fighter

Looks nice. What size main blades were they Alex?

I have played with the 3 blade head on my Goblins and while they do have some nice flight attributes I am waiting for the 3 blade tail more.

//Dennis.

They were 690 blades. The heli feels lightly loaded and buzzes around quite nicely. :-) Will take some time to adjust and tune before I am just flying it. But it's quite awesome already.

Originally Posted by crazy_for_flying

Is the upgrade going to be a full new head or just the needed parts to make it a 3 bladed head? Personally I want it to just be another blade grip and other parts to keep the cost low.

Noted. Nothing determined or announced yet. Usually though things are sold as a matched set with a full head and swash. But then there are spares for those parts.

[Thunder Fighter]

Originally Posted by OnTheSnap

They were 690 blades. The heli feels lightly loaded and buzzes around quite nicely. :-) Will take some time to adjust and tune before I am just flying it. But it's quite awesome already.

Yep, I though that they were a bit shorter, the 3 x 690's probably feel like 2 x 730's at the same headspeed. I had to do a lot of playing with the setup when I went 3 blade, in my case it was with the Vbar, but I got it to where I was happy in the end. I ended up using a higher set point for cyclic (10 degrees instead of 8) and using some negative paddle sim and lower overall pitch. But some of that was because it was an F3C setup using heavy blades.

//Dennis.

[OnTheSnap]

Mine are optimized for 3 blade. So extremely agile.

Overall it has more gyroscopic effect (core stability) coupled with a lot more cyclic power. It's a strange combination. But lends itself to a different style of flying.