d-bledsoe
Veteran
Location: Kirkland WA
| So i am advocating metal in the right places, and not plastic because its light. So places you want and need metal in my opinion are swash, head block, and maybe some of the mixing arms, metal frame braces in certain places were they can reduce flex. From a flying stand point i like my main grips to be plastic, and if i get a bird that has metal grips i swap them out for plastic if i am going to be doing 3d.
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| I would be interested in what a Quick weighs if it did have a platic swash, head, blade grips and so forth just to see an "apples to apples" so to speak.
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You then wouldn't be comparing apples to apples if you did that as any bird designed for 3d will have those key head pieces as metal.
Places where plastic is acceptable would be boom holder, tail casing, batter/receiver tray, components which aren't vital on the successful flight of a helicopter. Making those metal just for the sake of having it metal doesn't show good thought we designing a bird for 3d. Now if a bird is designed to take you from starting out to mild 3d, then sure put metal where you want. But if you are designing a bird for the sole purpose of hard 3d, those things need to be taking into account.
I fully realize weight isn't there just for the sake of it, but i also realize that if i had a choice between a all metal and carbon bird that weighed 9lbs fulled, and a bird that weighs 7.9lbs fully fueled and i am wanting to do anything more then sport flying then i would choose the later.
If you are flying 2 helis in the same manner, one is lighter the other is heavier to make it stronger. Simple physics will dictate that there will still be wear on the heavier heli simply because it has much more mass to move around in the same space and time. So saying i have a heavier heli to make the wear and tear on it less is a mute point if the flying styles are the same. You will still go through bearings shafts ect..
But yes too schools of thought i guess. I really cant wait to see how this bird progresses, like i have said before i think there is potential, but that potential needs to be realized in hands that can put it through a ringer.
-Derek Bledsoe
-Infina Models
-Knight 50 3d carbon |
