oldfart
Elite Veteran
Location: Vancouver, Canada
| Though FunKey may make Rotor Tech's, Scott Gray's, Carbon Tech's, Radix, some K&S, some Hirobo, some of the latest Align blades (NOT the ones that came apart in the air) and some others, they are NOT all equal.
Being made by the same composite manufacturing company does NOT mean they are all the same blades and all fly or auto the same....all it means is that they are all made by the same quality manufacturer. One who has a LOT of experience in laying up many different types of composite materials properly. Consequently, one who buys any set of blades made by them, will NEVER have a safety or quality concern.
But that also means that the dynamics of the blades will be different relative to the different people involved in the designs of the blades. This is what really makes for the differences.
Also, one cannot make a "blanket" statement relative to the RotorTech blade. Rotor Tech has always had a very extensive line of blades. They make a number of different designs (Sport, FAI, 3D) for each size category of helicopter (30 size, 50 size, 90 size blades & industrial).
That is why one may find a big difference in an RT blade he may have used on his 50, compared to one his friends use on their 50's. For example, if one used the 600 FAI blade, and the another the 610 3D blade and yet another used the 615 sport blade, there would have been very noticeable differences in their flight profiles.
Also to consider, is that there is nothing stopping a company who owns a brand name, from trying any of these blades, liking it and going to FunKey and having them make some minor internal change, or even just changing the colors on the outside, and subsequently packaging it, for them, using their own brand name.
Of interest, is that FunKey have been making the Rotor Tech blades longer then they have been making blades for most any other brands. It seems that as the RT's became recognized as a worthy brand, more and more brands decided to go to FunKey to manufacture theirs for them.
I would guess, that as FK has made blades for markets in ASIA, Europe and North America for more then 15 years, they may well be the largest manufacturer of heli blades in the World. |
very good for my fly style !
