Blade-X
Senior Heliman
Location: Singapore
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I was there at Jethobby yesterday to check out the clone. Here's my take on this:
Blades are inaccurate, one blade is visibly warpped and the aerofoil is not precise. The LHS owner had to squeeze in the blades, as the root were clearly oversized. U could see that the blade grips were having a hard time accommodating the bigger root thickness.
The head leaves a lot to be desired. See-saw rocker for the flybar to pivot on, was made badly, it's smaller and so there's 1mm++ slop / gap between it and the rectangular flybar "cage". The areas where we have to use grub screws on to secure the flybar on the original MS head are now replaced with wheel collars and not moulded to the cage!  Plastic quality is visibily worst off! GI Joe figures use better quality plastic!
Metal conical gear looked okay... Main Gear looked okay....... the Tail bevelled gears looked to be made of composite metal of some sorts.... feels like plastic. There's speed up factored in, so the tail boom end gear is actually bigger than the tail shaft end gear, but they dun seem to run smooth..... Tail blades are longer!  with a slightly thicker aerofoil.
Main frame comes with plastic servo mounts styled like duzi mounts. A plastic tail servo mount can also be found on the boom..... all tail fins are "clamped" on.... NO Glue required on the tail boom at all!  The carbon plate below the main frame is twice thicker but also appears to be more flexible at the front tray end...
As for the swash plate... Yes... a neat swash ball is included. And it's lower profile than stock MS swash.... HOWEVER.... from the looks of its made of thin soft plastic!!!!!!
The LG is a big improvement.... the Skids are now attached to the Legs via one way screws from the top......
Tail Boom appears to be made of carbon fibre.... I also think it may be made of thinner material......
NOTE: LHS owner said the metal cross pin holding the rotor head to the shaft was bent after the first spool up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In conlcusion, i think only the metal conical gear, tail boom, main frame, carbon fibre plate, and plastic servo mounts and LG assy......and prob the swash plate would serve as good aftermarket replacements.... definitely not good as a kit to buy!!!!!!!!! |
