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Where to buy new blades for a Sabre RC Electric Heli?

  • 06-11-2007 11:26AM
    #1
    Altoid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Just got a new Sabre RC heli and having a lot of fun with it.

    But the blades are breaking fast.

    Where are the best places to get them?

    Online and walk-in around Dublin? As I want to get spares for later, but need more now.

    Also, is it OK to repair blades that have a clean break? Bad idea, good idea?
    If it's OK, what type of glue?

    Thanks for any advice.

    - Altoid


Comments

  • #2
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    Try www.greenhobbymodel.com (01) 4928776
    Check with Patrick there ... he doesn't sell the Saber helicopter - never did - but lots of people get Saber parts off him. One of the various makes he has will have the exact same rotor blades.


  • #3
    Altoid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭Altoid


    Thanks!
    I've never been to the shop, just looked at the site a lot.

    This is the perfect excuse to go.


  • #4
    T-Maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    Forget about "glue"-ing rotor blades - it simply wouldn't work/last. Unless you're dealing with carbon fibre in which case it's a different story.


  • #5
    syl77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭syl77


    T-max, Have you ever been successfull at gluing carbon fibre blades, I would have thought it was a no go since you send the blades out of balance, or do you blance after. What heli blades would you be refering too...


  • #6
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    I have repaired many fibreglass and carbon parts in the past by running the highly liquid cyano into the cracks to fill and lock up. On occasion I have microwaved resin to thin it for the same purposes.
    Never spinning rotor blades or props though, not too safe, I would think.
    I have done it with minor damage to wooden blades.
    Caution: It is an expertise and judgment call, not a good idea for beginners who may not appreciate the stress and dangers involved.


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  • #7
    T-Maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    What I meant was that by the very nature of carbon and glass fibre such parts are indeed repairable (although not by simply gluing it together). Normal coated wooden blades - forget it.


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