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Midland Helicopters . HeliProz . ZoomsHobbies

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Blades, Night Flying and Painting > 325 wood pros
 
 
cassat
Veteran
Location: Alberta,Canada

Had my first bad experience with 325 wood pros. After putting several layers of tracking tape on, they would just not balance.
It was like one blade in the set was a total different density of wood. Was buying them because eveybody said they are so reliable??
04-11-2008 02:38 AM
 
 
rexxigpilot
Senior Heliman
Location: florida

You're the first person I ever heard say this. I've had several sets of Align 325 pro blades. I can run mine at 3,000 RPM. Have you checked the CG balance, not just total weight? If not, start there. I suspect you may have a linkage issue. Maybe a binding link.
04-11-2008 03:02 AM
 
 
cassat
Veteran
Location: Alberta,Canada

A linkage issue? How is that when the blades are just on the balancer? I can check the CG and let you know.....
04-11-2008 03:18 AM
 
 
Lonspen
Heliman
Location: dallas texas usa

i too have gotten out of balance blades, "pro" woodies, seems like that "tracking" tape that comes with them is pretty useless...use some other kind of tape. but for 13 bucks, they are not too bad. especially when you crash!!!!it turns my stomach crashing with a good set of carbons...

i'm tired of stupid signatures.....
04-11-2008 03:47 AM
 
 
Invrted1
Veteran
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

I flew the Pro woodies for quite a while and they were great, a buddy of mine is still flying them pretty hard.

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but for 13 bucks, they are not too bad. especially when you crash!!!!it turns my stomach crashing with a good set of carbons

I put a nice set of carbons on and destroyed them after 5 flights
04-11-2008 04:02 AM
 
 
cassat
Veteran
Location: Alberta,Canada

Glue It?

Ok. Thats what I thought. So I balanced the CG and then the blades . Still shakin so I put a new main shaft in and got a flight, but still
vibrating at bit at certain speeds. Going to try a new blade set.
Do you remove the grips and reglue them? Scrape the white off?
04-13-2008 03:55 AM
 
 
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Blades, Night Flying and Painting > 325 wood pros
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