If you're a hard-core 3D pilot you'll love these blades because they
start and stop right now! Add to it, the wedge tips let you unloaded the
engine more quickly, and due to the yellow tips, orientation is easy
because they are very visible - especially in low light like late in the
evenings or against the treeline. Compared to blades optimized for smooth
flight, which help in hiding imperfections in your flying technique, these
have the aggressive bite required to make the model start and
stop with alacrity and thus, while they'll show everything you're doing wrong
they also reward your when you do it right by being very tight, e.g. they do
exactly what you want - right now. An added benefit of the wedge
tip is how quickly they let you aerodynamically unload the engine while
performing demanding maneuvers like a tick-tock or snake, thus promoting
quicker energy recovery. Moreover, at low RPM, when other
bladesdemonstrate a clear 'wobble', these simpy hang tough and don't wobble at
all. When I'm feeling aggressive, these are the blades I select because
they make my maneuvers look more crisp. They also hover pretty well
and autorotate very decently considering how responsive they
are.
With a beautiful hand-laid carbon fiber weave, these very, very rigid
610 mm blades are manufactured in steel molds for
consistency. The bright yellow tips allow for great visual orientation plus
the wedge tips permit for quickly unloading the engine. They are equipped
with a thick brass bushing (4mm ID x 12 mm thick), which combined with
generously tapered root results in minimal flex.
- A stout root featuring a 4 x 12 mm brass
bushing, the wedge tips unload quickly.
Perfect for horsing around, if your typical flight profile includes a
flipping lift off (from nose in) to an inverted backwards climb
out followed by a death spiral to an abrupt pull out into piro flips a mere
3 or 4 feet off the ground you're going to love these
blades. Why? Because the design specification was super rigidity
and a crisp pitch response. While the wedge tips hover OK, and
autorotate fine, the downside is they're less forgiving when just putting
around and of course, cost a little bit more than sport blades.
- A harmonious mix of light weight and rigidity makes for
great performance.
Like hard vs. soft bristles on a toothbrush, or boxers vs. briefs, nobody on
this planet can predict which blades you'll like, and certainly not some
sponsored pilot shilling for his blade sponsor, so you have to just try
them and see how they perform. The great price is because we've cut out
the middelman (and we foprgoe expansive advertising and sponsored pilots),
which in turn results in an attractive price. Try them for yourself
because if they suit your style you'll save some serious
coin (and if you like them, please recommend them to your friends).
A typical example pair weighs about 136 grams each, with a +/- 2
gram manufacturing tolerance, which means a pair on the low side may go 134
grams each, and a pair on the high side may weigh in at 138 grams
each. Moreover, they are very tightly CG matched - within 1 mm of each
other - and balanced very closely - within 1 gram of each other. These
blades are great for the pilot performing aggressive maneuvers like piroflips,
tumbles, tick-tocks, and snakes.
We have a few sets of blems on hand (at a nice $20
discount), but you have to call instead of just adding them to your shopping
cart. Naturally, they're just as rigid, balance properly, and of
course there's no compromise in how they fly. They're just slightly
blemished because they could have stood a little more clear coating at the
factory. While it's a little tough to photograph to show the blemish,
this shows the blem blade - see the almost imperceptible pock
markings? If it bothers you, either don't ask for blems, or shoot another
coat of clear yourself (but if you're like us, e.g. more apt to burn fuel than
spend time polishing blades), then just bolt them on and fly with the knowledge
you're getting the same-same perfomance . . . and have saved some
coin!
- Slight blemishes show where a little more clear could
have been used, which is why they're called 'blems'