RE: Modifications to slow down the Blade CP?
Plasti-blades worked for me. The added weight gives a nice stability that is more helpful than their durability. The knock on them, I suppose, is that they are so robust, you'll break things like grip arms and such if you collide w/ fixed objects.
Never tried it, but I would suppose, added flybar weights would have the same effect.
The machine just gets less 'twichy'.