bensid54

Does quality make a big difference and what about weight? Should the blades be light and who makes reasonable quality blades without being extreme in price? I plan on getting good servos and making this a good heli so I think blades may be an important factor. Once I get the fuse on I want a helicopter that will only fail due to pilot error or lack of maintenance..

HunkaJunk

Quality does matter, they must be balanced, but there are some inexpensive brands around. Mavrikk makes less expensive CF blades that are decent quality IMO, I have numerous sets and have no issues with them. Others say they are no good, all I can say is good for them I guess.

sleeping

Your Blades are you 'wings' !!

everything else is there to control what they do; so yes, they're pretty important

Weight/ length; depends on your flying style, RPM,etc, etc, etc Welcome to Learnville nice!

rotordoc1

Not to mention the much higher safety factor of quality blades. A quality blade will never break in flight at the root, will never delaminate in flight, will never suffer from a stretching of the blade bolt holes (if not caught early enough it will cause the blade to depart from the head - not pretty) and the best quality blades also will also have a safety wire built in that wraps aroud the balde bolt hole at the root and that is integrated into the blade weights at the tip so that a minimum amount of pieces will separate and go flying outward in a crash.