How hard could it be to get a plastic injection co.
to make blades. I deal with one now & I'll show them a set of blades
I dont know if they have to be made of wood????

Knowing vert little about it, I think the problem would be flexing. That's why so many serious heli guys go for carbon fiber at a huge increase in price. My carbon fiber set was $80 and the wood set was about $18. Both work, but a lot less likely to hit the boom on a hard landing, I guess.

I not a big fan of plastic blades. They're heavier than comparable wood blades. Their weight in part adds to the heli's stability which is good, but this also adds mass to the rotorhead. That means more force on impact, and because plastic blades are generally pretty tough that force is transferred down the line to other components.
Everything is a compromise with helis. It's a never ending weight vs. durability issue.

Check out the 'Alternative AXE parts' thread. We've got a discussion going about a place called 'JCS' which makes plastic main blades for the Blade CP and the Axe CP. Webcrawl for 'JCS' and 'Flat Blades', or e-mail Heli-Max about 'Flat Blades' and they should respond with the URL (that's how I found out about 'em). It's a one-man strart-up, he started making replacement blades for the 'Blade CP' and Heli-Max recommends him, have heardonly good things about the blades. They are $20 for a set of blades (symmetrical or asymm) and $4 or $5 postage (everybody says that they get them in 2-3 days). In my humble (yeah..) opinion, we need to support this guy. He's looking to get into producing other parts for the Axe.

Good flying, better landings.

Helico's got a real good point, but I sure am tired of replacing $20+ blades because I ground off a few millimeters getting too close to the house (brick), the deck (pt pine), a tree,,,, Replacing $2-$3 dollar blade grips, feathering spindles, or bent links and such, sound a whole lot better to me than replacing $20 main blades right and left. But then, I admit it! I can fly, it's just not controlled flight.

Do you know someone using them

Markzr7,

check out the alt axe parts thread. Fella called 'thestratcat' has been using the BLADE CP ones and trimming them down (Blades have a larger gap in the blade grip than Axe's do), but is going with the Axe CP version soon.

I am using the plastic blades and they work very well.
I have plenty of lift and they needed no balancing or tracking adjustments.
I bought the yellow ones thinking it would be easier to see the disc and it is!
Heliko you are right about the weak link in the chain but so far the trade off
has been worth it for me. I guess it is a gamble but this one has paid off so far.
Thats not to say these are for everyone but if you want to fly upright I think these are sweet.
Of course these will only benefit those who already can hover fairly well.
If you do not have the hang of it yet then don't expect miracles from these blades.

I'm using the JCS blades, I didn't trim them down though, part of the thought was that if they didn't work, I'd give them to my brother for his blade cp....

I like these, only have a couple of nicks from rough landings, I'm actually going to shave them a bit to fit better and then look at keeping using them for the time being... seems a whole lot cheaper than wood or CF blades...

The price of wood blades are coming down alot. $15.00 over at tower right now.