One of my other hobbies is messing around with cars (the real ones) and I remember some good advice someone once gave me, a long time ago. "If it don't make it run any better, why waste the money?" The advice was from Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins in case anyone is wondering. Some of the fastest cars I ever had never had any chrome or polished aluminum or any other "bling" under the hood anywhere. I spent the money on horsepower instead of looks.

I figure why should my helis be any different? Besides, just for grins I tried a set of CNC blade grips once for my BCPP and had nothing but trouble with them. The plastic stuff may not look pretty but it works.