Rotor preference--Mini Protos Stretch

[dedados]

I want to find out how the zeal 325 energys fly, need new blades and choosing between those and the sab 325s. Leaning towards the SABs now.

[jmtyndall]

I've flown Zeals in all those sizes

The 350s are okay...But the 360s are so much better than I retired the 350s and never looked back.

As for the 325s..and this goes for all Zeal blades. They run heavier than most other blades. Slighly thicker airfoil and quite rigid. I find this gives nice stops and pop, but may require a gain adjustment.

The weight gives stability to the disk. The disk is a little less reactive off center, but increasing your FBL agility cab counter this

They hold a lot of energy for autos though

[dr dremel]

I have the SABs (the old black&white, don´t know the new "Blackline") on my lightweight Mini and they are very nimble on cyclic, suit the bird very well. Because they are so light (21g/each) they also recover HS quite fast. But as mentioned previously for the SAB 350s, I had to dial the head gain down to get rid of wobbles during hard stops.

I also have the blue Align 325s , they give a nice bark at lower HS and handle wind much better (27g/each).

For my stretch Mini (and also overall) I much prefer the Edge 353 to eveything else I´ve flown (Align 360, Tarot 345). Not even in the same league in terms of fluid control to the others.

I´m curious if the 325 Edge SEs perform similar. I also had a look at Rail 326s, read good things about them.

[dedados]

The edge 325s are too mushy and slow for my taste but handle very well at hurricanes. Will try out the SABs. Second pair of blades that I will try, will see how they compare.

[dr dremel]

Just saw there is no "SE" 325 Edge blade, my bad.

It´s nice to try different designs, like trying new shoes.

[Jomaba4308]

I just mounted Halo 360 blades on mine after a crash wrecked my SAB 350's, can't wait to try'em. They have a 2mm wider chord compared to the SAB blades so they should eat some air.

[dr dremel]

Those Halos look nice. How much do they weigh? And please report back how you like them!

I just ordered these, SAB 350 discounted:

http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/prod...ducts_id=24107

I hope they are as snappy as the 325.

[Jomaba4308]

I have no way to check weight.

I just flew a test&tune battery and it was easier to tune the tail with 360&62 blades than it was to tune it with 350&60 blades.
While tuning the tail I did notice that it was more responsive than with the 350 blades.

[dedados]

Originally Posted by dr dremel

Those Halos look nice. How much do they weigh? And please report back how you like them!

I just ordered these, SAB 350 discounted:

http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/prod...ducts_id=24107

I hope they are as snappy as the 325.

I think these are the older SABs, I will be getting the 325s black and white, also at a discount:

http://www.acrowood.net/epages/61710...22SAB%20325%22

[dr dremel]

I think both are not the newest blades, hence the discount. The 350 linked look like they are the "Red Devil" type, whatever the difference was to "normal" SABs.

@Jomaba I also noticed more pop with 360s (Align) to the point where they were a bit overwhelming for my 3S power system.

[Jomaba4308]

It may be a bit much for my Pulse battery (it's my warm-up/test&tune pack anyway) but I'm confident in my A-spec battery. If it does turn out too much for even the A-spec, I will upgrade to 4s or 6s Xnova. If I do need to go that route, it will cost me an esc, maybe Castle lite that can handle 10p motor.

[Jomaba4308]

I just flew a couple flights on the Halos, I had a little more tail tuning to do but I Love it more now! The Pulse battery struggles with it but the A-spec keeps up much better.