What a great day at the field I had on Sunday! Felt so good to get out and get some real stick time in after the last couple weeks of constant rain. Was about ready to record a flight video for the Blade 700X review but managed to canopy bump the 700X so hard… more »
So you’ve decided that you’re tired of paying twice the cost for a low quality bearing just because it has a brand name on it and are ready to venture in the world of buying your bearings by size and in a tad higher quantity. You find your favorite bearing website and are a bit… more »
The Blade 700X has a great TT gear design and plenty of robustness to it, but unfortunately the gear lash is a bit off. It was most prominent in the rear but still found in the front as well. Good news is this is easily remedied. If you remove the TT gear from the tail… more »
Like a lot of people I think the 90* tail control arm could be a bit more robust on the Blade 700X. Now I never had any issues in flight with the stock arm but it just seemed a bit flexible for my taste. What I did to fix this was take some two part… more »
Blade 700X Pro Series Combo Kit Written by Nick Lenn Well I can’t believe it but they’ve taken the plunge! Yes, Blade helicopters has taken the leap from the micro and smaller helis and finally put out a 700 class heli. They came out swinging with claims of not only a great design… more »
RC Bearings: Nitro Engine Bearing Sets Written by Nick Lenn There’s something to be said about a quality set of bearings. RC Bearings was kind enough to send us a set of their engine bearing sets to put in a used OS55 engine that a good friend of mine bought. But wait, bearings… more »
Well after a huge fiasco with FedEx the Blade 700x is up and flying! Can’t wait to give you guys the review on this one. Is it good? Bad? You’re just going to have to wait and see 🙂 I’ve actually finished the first and second portions of the review and am in the… more »
I’m almost speechless when it comes to explaining how much fun we had this weekend at Snohomish. Despite going down there on Thursday night and not leaving until about 4pm on Sunday it felt very rushed. Our setup was a bit different this time as we decided just to pull my trailer parallel with the… more »
So you might have heard the term swash plate phasing or maybe even seen it in your FBL system software but what exactly is it? Well swash plate phasing is the angle of relationship between the swash plate and the head. Why is it important. Swash plate phasing directly affects how the helicopter reacts when… more »
Wow, this summer has been nuts! Feeling pretty guilty for slacking on the blog post. It’s something I really enjoy doing. Almost therapeutic in a way really. Where to start? Seems like there’s so much going on it’s overwhelming. To start is really nice to have the EX project wrapping up. What a great experience… more »