Cp Pro Blades

[Nighttrain]

What are the flat blades for on the Cp Pro.
Carl

[JTMaxx]

http://secure.hobbyzone.com/catalog/HZ/search/JCS-ASYM.html

Hobby Zone carries the flat blades for the CP Pro. These will last longer then the balsa wood blades because they made of plastic and can take a few crashes.

[Nighttrain]

http://secure.hobbyzone.com/catalog/HZ/search/JCS-ASYM.html

Hobby Zone carries the flat blades for the CP Pro. These will last longer then the balsa wood blades because they made of plastic and can take a few crashes.

I e-maild E- Flite and they got back to me on the flat blades and said I can not use them becouse they are heaver and would burn out the ESC.

Here is there E-Mail
Carl,
I am sorry you were mislead, but you can't use the flat bottom
blades on a CP Pro. Due to the increased weight of the flat blades, and
the gearing in the CP Pro, you would likely burn out the ESC in the
helicopter. You really need to use the stock symmetrical blades with
that helicopter.

[rocknbil]

E-Flite told you this?

Well they would be wrong on both points. You can use flat bottom blades on the BCP no problem. If you're concerned about burning out the ESC, just apply the fuse mod, which is essential for the CP's anyway, or put a motor with an 8 or 9 tooth pinion in it.

You use syms on the BCP to enable inverted flight. You can fly inverted with flat bottom blades but it just won't have as much power inverted. But if you're flying inverted, you'll definitely want syms anyway.

As for using plastic or fiber carbon blades, if you're still crashing do not use these.

On a hard landing, the blades will droop while rotating and slice the tail boom right off, wires and all. It's only a $7.50 part but you have to break down the heli to replace it and re-setup again.

Being heavier, there will be much worse damage to anything they hit.

Being more break resistant, they will transfer the damage to more expensive parts. Even with balsa blades, if you get a blade strike you can just about bet on a bent main shaft. Heavier plasti-blades or CF will do much worse. You've been warned. :D

[Nighttrain]

E-Flite told you this?

Well they would be wrong on both points. You can use flat bottom blades on the BCP no problem. If you're concerned about burning out the ESC, just apply the fuse mod, which is essential for the CP's anyway, or put a motor with an 8 or 9 tooth pinion in it.

You use syms on the BCP to enable inverted flight. You can fly inverted with flat bottom blades but it just won't have as much power inverted. But if you're flying inverted, you'll definitely want syms anyway.

As for using plastic or fiber carbon blades, if you're still crashing do not use these.

On a hard landing, the blades will droop while rotating and slice the tail boom right off, wires and all. It's only a $7.50 part but you have to break down the heli to replace it and re-setup again.

Being heavier, there will be much worse damage to anything they hit.

Being more break resistant, they will transfer the damage to more expensive parts. Even with balsa blades, if you get a blade strike you can just about bet on a bent main shaft. Heavier plasti-blades or CF will do much worse. You've been warned. :D

I dont know why the said that, The hobby shop said it might be easer to learn to fly the cpp with them, and I just asked e-flite what what diference they would make and they never answered that question. They are e-flite blades , mabey they thought i was talking about i different brand.
Carl

[klausr]

Back to your original question; flat bottom blades provide more lift in an upright hover and make the heli more stable. They are good for learning to hover and fly around, but sym blades are best for aerobatics and inverted flight.