Zeal 430mm on Trex 500 ESP?

[acidla]

Hey Guys,

Did you try the Zeal 430mm blades on your esp? I am curious to find out how they perform and how stable it gets with the extra 10mm of rotor disc.

[Griff1]

There's a few instances in life where 10mm can make all the difference, in my experience this isn't 1 of them lol.
I run 430's, they sound better than align 425's but there's not a huge difference in the flight characteristics.

[acidla]

Hehe Thanks!

[Mateyhv]

Well, at least from specs they run at 70gr compared to the Align 425D 57gr or the 425F about 62gr. It looks like a huge difference.

[Griff1]

I should of mentioned that I'm not using Zeals, I'm actually using Lynx 430's (no longer available) I've no idea what they weigh but those zeals sound pretty heavy.

[jmtyndall]

They are pretty stable. Probably more from the weight than the extra couple millimeters of disk. They hold HS pretty well in an auto, but I like my heli to feel light in the air, so I really wish they were lighter

[acidla]

Yes i also prefer light setup. My esp flies at 2450rpm and it feels so good in the air with 2650mAh packs. Now i am using Edge 423mm blades.This gives me 5min of 3D!

[jmtyndall]

Im flying on Radix blades with 2600mah batts, but at 2800-3000rpm. So 3.5ish minutes of beating on it, or 4 of gentle tossing around