Dood
Key Veteran
Location: America's Dairyland
| I've used/ use a wide variety of blades. here's a little bit of my opinion on a bunch of them.
V Blades have the most pop than anything.
Don't auto the greatest. A little more expensive than most other blades.
Radix don't come anywhere close to the pop that the V's have.
They still have some crisp cyclics, and float forever in an auto.
Very good ALL AROUND blade, and suit just about anyone's flying style.
heh, with Radix, you can hit the throttle hold switch, give it a touch of + collective, and the heli will float there forever. You can set the radio down and go make a sandwich, come back, and the heli will be still floating there in an auto.
Thunder Tiger. Heavier than most other carbon blades. Typical that they come really unbalanced. Affordable, and fly totally decent.
Mavrikk G5's. I flew these a little bit in the dead of winter in January. I really liked them in the cold. I put a half dozen flights on them this spring, and found they bog way to easy. They don't just bog, they BOG!
I'm not sure how the chemistry of the air was different, but it was nothing like how they flew in the wintertime.
They're decent blades at a good value
RotorTech 610's. (much like the one's I'm trying to sell in the classifieds section) They're not terrible blades, but I don't like them.
for starters, they auto like CRAP. They can feel a bit squishy overall, but for some reason I kinda like the cyclic feel on them. They feel somewhat like a set of Radix, and they should since they are made in the same factory.
They have a narrower chord, so they don't bite as much. Really no pop at all. I bolted them on a nitro turning 2000rpm, and that wasn't enough to make these blades fly well. I think they need a stupid fast headspeed like 2100+ and they'll do quite well. That kind of head speed is something I'm just not willing to make my 50 do.
Did I mention these auto like crap?
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I gotta go with the Radix blades for my blades of choice.
reasons why.
- Best ALL AROUND blade. Ideal for all types of flying.
- Significantly cheaper than other blades in their class.
- Auto better than any other blade I've ever flown
- They look pretty bad ass, both on the ground and in the air
Im not Mr. Lebowski, YOU'RE Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dood! So thats what you'll call me |
