Oster,

I'm as surprised as you are about those Thunder Power Li-Po's. I thought they would be "top of the line" and my heli guru told me to buy them when I bought the MT so I did. Hopefully Thunder Power will replace them for me as I don't think they are up to spec. I sent them an email tonight.

As for blades, the only thing I don't like about the TT woodies is the fact that it takes 1/2 hour to prep/cut/glue the grips on and then you have to wait several hours to use them. The holes bored in them to save weight don't look too cool when static either. I would love to find a good blade that is RTF. I will give the Align's a few more tries. Just curious, if I'm not running a high head speed can I use CF blades on the stock plastic head?

Crossfade,

I looked for weeks to find a case large enough for the MT. Only one I found was at an overseas place for $99.00 (+ 95.00 shipping) so went with an Align case that worked with modification. The body has to be stored separately in the bottom (DX7 radio doesn't fit in there anyway) and some foam has to be cut but it works.

I've weight balanced my red and white 325's with a gram scale but I have not bought a blade balancer yet to check balance that way. Then again, since this whole time my flybar paddles were unbalanced, maybe they were contributing to the vibration of the red & white Aligns. I'll have to try them again.


Dave D.