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sethf8403
New Heliman
Location: blaine, mn

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		okay, i am trying to decide on affordable blades, i like to keep a good stock of them because in efforts to save price i usually buy them from hong kong and it can take weeks to get replacements. i also tend to break them quite often...

wood blades are light and cheep, they break easy and some people say they aren't any good for 3d...i don't do 3d yet but have plans to start working on flips and stuff by spring...

fiberglass are almost as cheep as wood, but very heavy, my motor has a hard time spinning them till i get the rpms up, still i have been told that with fiberglass blades my head speeds will always be slower than with wood or carbon fiber. fiberglass blades are pretty durable though and i rarely break them.

carbon fiber is the best of both worlds, light and strong, but very expensive.

it seems like i am always sacrificing something, weight, strength, or price...

i can't justify spending 30 or 40 bucks on a set of carbon fiber blades when i break a pair or two a week, it's also hard to justify spending the same amount of money on wood blades as glass fiber blades when glass fiber blades are so much stronger, but i'm wondering if glass fiber are just to heavy to fly with, i have been having startup and bogging issues with fiberglass blades...

are there any fliers here who choose blades based on price? are there are cf blades that are cheep? are there any fiberglass blades that are light? my fiberglass blades are weighing anywhere from 25 to 35 grams. i think 25 grams is ok weight wise but i think 30-35 is too high for decent performance and a lot of work for my motor.

what do you guys buy when on a budget?

fwi: i have been paying 24 for 5 pairs of fiberglass blades and 15 for 5 pairs of wood blades, i can find cheepo carbon fiber blades but they are 24 grams just like the fiberglass ones and cost 11 bucks a pair... what kind of blades do you use and how much do they /weigh/cost?
11-07-2009 03:33 AM
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KCinNC
Senior Heliman
Location: NC, USA

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i have been paying 24 for 5 pairs of fiberglass blades and 15 for 5 pairs of wood blades, i can find cheepo carbon fiber blades but they are 24 grams just like the fiberglass ones and cost 11 bucks a pair


looks like you got the best deal going, if you are breaking 1 or 2 pair a week ! if you get more into the 3D stuff...i would move away from the wood..but for sport flying wood is great.

i have a set of these CF blades on my V2....they work pretty good !!!

http://www.xheli.com/60p-pro-3251.html

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11-07-2009 03:58 AM
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sethf8403
New Heliman
Location: blaine, mn

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		i just buy a lot from ebay, they tend to have the best deals online...

lol well i went through a bad spell recently, i spent months working on hovering in all directions till i was very proficient in all orientations, then i jumped right into fff, not a good idea, it was fun but a little more than i was ready for, i'm now doing the same left and right passes, and forward and back passes, just pretty slowly...i'm not crashing as much now i guess but it's hard to say because i've been down for over a week, waiting for tail booms from hong kong just a few weeks after i started slowing things down...

price wise, if i can make a fiberglass pair survive 3 crashes that would blow up a pair of wooden ones they come out as the cheepest by far, but i'm worried about head speed, whats a safe weight to not mess with head speed too much? what do most blades weigh? all i have is two sets of glass fiber to weight right now, i have 5 pair of wood ones coming from hong kong but i'm wondering if i should order 5 pair of glass fiber before the wood ones all break...or just start ordering twice as many wood ones to make up for it...

one brand is 25 grams a blade, the other is 32 grams, i'm thinking 25 is kinda borderline but i don't know, whats the heaviest blades you guys fly? i know the carbon fiber and wood ones are only about 15-20 grams a blade...
11-07-2009 04:26 AM
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sethf8403
New Heliman
Location: blaine, mn

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		also, the wood blades i just bought are only rated to 2400 rpms...i have read that they can handle much more but you never know with Chinese companies... i have had SEVERAL pair of fiberglass tail blades break apart on me in flight...

so whats the maximum weight blades you guys would fly in your bird?

and have any of you had troubles with no name wooden blades breaking up in flight?
11-07-2009 05:27 PM
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jrockstuart
Elite Veteran
Location: Allen, Texas

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I think for Noobies, the wood blades are best. They tend to shatter and absorb the impact of a crash a lot better than fiberglass.

I never had a problem running the Align red 325 blades at 3000+ headspeed. I think they cost about $12. Just don't do anything too pitch intensive with them (like a tic-toc) or they might snap. For hovering practice, they're perfect.

If you're going to buy cheap blades off ebay, it would be a good idea to invest in a blade balancer.

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11-09-2009 03:14 AM
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what_the_helli
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Location: cookeville, tn USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		the woodies are defiantly great for absorbing crash energy. also since they splinter on impact often you'll save your boom.

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if i can make a fiberglass pair survive 3 crashes
my experience is 99% of all crashes need new blades, regardless of using wood, fiberglass, or carbon blades. Once in a while you get lucky and they'll survive but its been few and far between for me. I have put my 450 in PLENTY of times to know

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11-09-2009 04:17 AM
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Eric L
Senior Heliman
Location: Minnesota

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		i agree with wood blades for ya, they are plenty fine for hovering and some forward flight...

also, i know a bunch of us have run align woodies well over 3000rpm and not had a problem

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11-09-2009 06:07 AM
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fromme2u
Veteran
Location: St. Louis, MO originally. Now in Jacksonville, FL

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		When I'm on a budget and running woodies, I run them at the same headspead as the CF's. 3000rpm. I even do 3d with them and have no issues with a blade snapping or breaking apart in flight. Even after doing numerous blade scrapes with them. The only problem with woodies is, they don't have the pop that CF does. But if you just learning and doing sport flying, buy the woodies and save the cash for other part needs.

Chad

Naval Aviation...College Degree to Break 'em...
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11-09-2009 11:08 PM
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