soloboss
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Think about what you just asked. Most houses / apartments today are built using drywall. If you had aluminum blades, you'd have a repair to make to the wall. And you would have to repair / replace the outer shaft because it would be bent. You would likely have shelled at least one tooth off of the upper drive gear (that drives the outer shaft). You would probably have sprung the flybar. Most likely you would also be asking about CNC swashplate assemblies too.
Sorry for sounding like a smarta$$, but those $$ do ring up in a hurry! I used to be of the same thought as you- IF I COULD JUST QUIT BREAKING BLADES!!. Then it was pointed out to me that a blade costs a buck. It is the first line of defense that the helicopter sees when it hits something. You really do want the most easily broken part to be easy and cheap to change. And you want that part to be sacrificed to protect the more expensive components within the helicopter drive. That is true with fixed pitch single rotor helicopters. That is also true for far more costly Collective Pitch helicopters.
There are a several blades out there - including wooden blades! You can contact Dave (Choppersrule on this forum for wooden blades) I think he has a set.
You'll find that frequently Stump3r and I disagree on the correct path to happiness with helicopters. I went with many Xtreme upgrades - motors, Lipo pack, grips, blades, body (killer body kit!!). When I got done the CX was a real piece of work. I did not use the alloy swash or lower head since those caused me no problems. Anyhow, the sound was really neat. The blades were died black and looked just killer. And, with the grips allowing the blades to swing when they struck something, the CX was far more durable than stock. But for whatever reason, I just didn't like the way it flew. Stump3r went the full Xtreme upgrade route (except the body/chassis change) and he really liked the way his flew. If we didn't live 3000 miles apart we could have gotten together and compared notes to determine why the big difference, but that never happened. His CX2 lives happily with the full CNC upgrade set. My CX is happy back in the nearly stock configuration. Go figure.
Anyhow, since you are getting started in this hobby, I'm sure you will be back with a question about CNC upgrades. A CX2 with the full CNC upgrade set will weigh almost exactly what the stock CX2 weighs. The flight characteristics will be different with the CNC bits, but whether that's good or bad depends on the flier. The CNC upgrades will not make an outdoor helicopter of the CX2. The CNC parts are certainly more costly - and they are just as certainly more durable. And they look really cool. It's your helicopter. It's your budget. I suggest you learn to fly the CX2 in nearly stock configuration. Learn to fly it well enough that you can determine if a new part is a better flying part or just way cool. Most important is that you have a good time and keep the forum up to date as you progress! We all love a good story, we have all done really stupid things, we have all destroyed nearly every part of a CX. One of our illustrious CX2 builders was assembling his 3rd custom bird and mistook the LUBRICANT bottle for the CA ADHESIVE bottle and built a gorgeous static display model. Like I said, the only thing we are missing is the T-Shirt.
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Welcome to our merry band of fools.
Soloboss
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STRONGER BLADES FOR BLADE CX2? - 
Lol... Maybe I'am confused... 
I have much bling including a aluminum sleeve over my boom and still I'am at stock weight. But I had to lose a lot in other places to do that. One including even shaving the frame. I even had it down to 221 grams before with the aluminum but found it to light for outside flight. The 227 gram stock weight seems it would increase with the metal... 
