Gregor99
Elite Veteran
Location: Western Wa
| I've recently fitted my HBK2 with Align blades cut down to 275mm. To make sure there no risk of the main blades hitting the tail blades, I pushed the blades down and was able to get the tips of the new blades to make contact with the tail blades. It did take about 2 inches of travel and I tend to think the blades will never travel this far under normal flight conditions. But in case I need to pull back really hard, I don't want to worry about it. The other wrinkle is that this test was done with stock blades. I'd like to put my 450 sized tail blades back on, but now I don't know.
I know there are a lot of guys running these longer blades and haven't had a problem. Is it a case of most users of these longer blades not pushing the heli hard enough, or that the blades will not deflect enough to make contact?
Canton MO backyard flying club
West Coast Chapter |
With 275's I don't see you ever having a problem.
