Blade 400

Well part one of my bid for heli glory has aparently arived at home today wooohooooooo

More info to come

Leccy or IC

Electric this this one still cant diside on a nirto although ive just been offered a scale Raptor for 230 just add fuel

BB

Right some more info is due,

Ive got myself a Blade 400 3d heli for the indoor season,

Upgrades so far are

Glass main Blades
Align carbon paddles
Align carbon tail blades
Soild main shaft
Tornado 3s1p 2500mah lipos
And a pukka custom Union Jack Trex canopy
New box to keep it in


Had 2 flighs of her after set-up and Im very happy only done the basic hover with her its abit more trickey than the sim but im hopfull of throwing it around soon

Pics to come

Did you not bother to clean the main shaft??! ha haaaa!

Sounds good though I quite like the look of these little "250" sized CCPM helis for indoors. More money though, and I need to be saving now, not spending! I'm looking forward to seeing you throw this Blade badboy around with vengeance!

Cheers
Andy

Some show off`s

One more

Mmmmmmmmmm Flightcases.....



ANdy

Lol i got it from Overlander, thought it may just anoy me but in fairnes its pukka, all pre cut fits like a glove (once you remove the incerts ofcourse) thers even a cut out for a TX if you want that in there aswell,

Just need my man to airbrush it up all nice like


The canopy i got off Ebay and im well made up with that 2 won the auction for 0.01p with 5.99 postage so £6 posted from china, the plane white ones over here are +£20, I wasnt really expecting much but now its here its spot on nice thick glass molding and a cracking paint job will look loverly buried in out feild when i start to throw it round
M

Sort of a Union Smack

I'm a big fan of flight cases, their main purpose Chez Moi, is protecting ones fragile things from clumsy Andy Syndrome. Something that is affecting rather a lot of fragile things (and some not so fragile!) in our house recently....

I don't suppose Overlander do them for Trex500 sized choppers do they? I might be tempted if so

Regarding the canopy, then one of the best tips I have had for heli canopies, is to paint each side a wildly different colour (Or a pattern/design based on different colours for each side). That way you can clearly identify each side of the heli without having to think about it, regardless of the orientation of the chopper. I tried it on my Piccolo about 5 years ago, and it worked surprisingly well. I'm also told it helps to have different colours top and bottom, for when you are starting to play with 3D flight, for exactly the same reasons....

Just think, some poor Chinese lad probably on got paid a bowl of rice for painting that Canopy.....

Cheers
Andy

Hi Mark
Nice looking canopy;
couple of question please;
The canopy you got, does it fit over the overlander battery OK, as they are slightly larger than the original battery ? if so can you please send me the link to where you got the canopy from.

Many thanks

Zaidy

Zaidy,

Yes fits the batts fine, this is why i went for the trx one as id read on Helifreaks.com that to get the bigger batts on a blade 400 u need the trex canopy,

This is the seller i got it from they do a variaty of schemes and cheep as chips only took 4 days to get here as well

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/airwave2002hk_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

I also got my blades from him again acourding to the guys on helifreaks there the same as the Align ones but a damm sight cheeper

M

Thanks for that Mark, Placed a bid on the same Canopy as yours and ordered spare blades too.


Regards

Zaidy

ahhh ya bugger, eveyones a wanna be he he

if you want a look mate feel free to call round, what heli`s have you got?

M

I thought you would think that
A mate of mine bought the same looking canopy for $60 from the USA 12 months ago!

The heli's I have are;

Hawk 40
Blade 400
Hawk 30
T Rex 600
T Rex 450 (being modified from scale Hughes 500 to pod and boom) !

I would like to have a look. Where about do you live ?

Regards

Zaidy

Swwet Lord, what are u doing with the Hughes kit im on the look out for one!



M

Well the Hughes kit was partly assembled and I didn't like that, so I asked the seller to revert the heli back to what is was then I can sort it out over the winter months !! (SO ME THINK )

I will see what the family are planning tonight first then I will give you a bell later if thats ok..


Cheers

Zaidy

I might even show you a picture of a new toy that is if you offer me a cup of tea

tis great goin to marks you get tea and biscuits, they fed me and now they cant get rid of me. Thers always the bonus of watchin mark trying to build things too.. laurel and hardy springs to mind.......another fine mess

your a cheeky git young Leigh lol

now will this look nice round my 400 frame???? got it at a bargin price and cant wait to get it in the air

Leigh wrote:tis great goin to marks you get tea and biscuits, they fed me and now they cant get rid of me. Thers always the bonus of watchin mark trying to build things too.. laurel and hardy springs to mind.......another fine mess

Is Mark the thin one then?!

Cheers
Andy

Mark Barnes wrote:now will this look nice round my 400 frame???? got it at a bargin price and cant wait to get it in the air

not sure what i did there link isnt working try this

Very neat, always did like the H500 shape.

Well it fits , abit of dremel work required but yup its in, its gone off to Leighs now for fine tuning and a few more scale bits cant weight to get it back