How to Video - Blade Balancing 

Your opinion, and of course it’s bad. Just got a new Align kit, had to put a piece of tape 2”X2” on one to get the balance. Consistently good blades?! pfft horse droppings. Balance your stuff right folks, not by blind faith lol..wow

I saw @Randyman X's reply, and I thought maybe I have something to learn here. So I did what I always do when I'm doubt about technical heli stuff. I asked a bunch of friends in the hobby that are pro pilots or have close relationships with pro pilots. I'm talking guys that fly center stage at IRCHA, pilots that fly for SOXOS, Goblin, XL Power, team managers for major brands, etc... NOT ONE of them regularly balances blades or knows anyone who does. Their advice all boiled down to my exact advice above. Fly them out of the box. Only balance them if there is an issue. But as a habit, not one of them balances blades by default. Most NEVER do. If you doubt me, jump on the RC Heli Hangout and poll the 3,000+ members there. You'll run into a few people who always balance, but the overwhelming majority don't, and for good reason. It just isn't necessary very often.

@@randymanx2674 ive never balanced mine either. did so this weekend and notice no difference at all.

Yes and No. If you buy expensive high quality blades as matched sets then you probably dont need to balance them. If you then start painting the blades for scale then you definitely need to balance. An out of balance set of blades will cause horrendous vibration. This goes for tail blades too

Thank you pointing the slip of the tongue you are correct the weight is added to the lighter blade. The Blade covers were not touching the blades its the camera angle that makes it look like they maybe.

first question what omp heli and your skill level.

@@bladesofthunder9778 Hi OMP m2 also flew blade 230s and had a trex 500 that i could hover and manage very gentle circuits so my level i put my skill level at intermediate

@@leepering6824 the Trex 500 should be the easiest of those 3 fly. The M2 and blade 230 have to much self level and auto hover that you will not have with with a larger scale model. This means a chip not you is flying the model your just guiding it around. We recommend dusting off the 500 size model once you can take off and land without drifting,hover at the 4 points of the compass, fly a lazy 8 and gentle circuits with it your be ready for your lama.

@@bladesofthunder9778 Hi thanks for the tips

@@leepering6824 your wlecome. feel free to get in touch via our facebook group if you need any more help

Of course it wont lead and lag are caused by the aerodynamic forces acting on the blades during flight and has nothing to do with balance of the blades and varies constantly

@@bladesofthunder9778 Well that is not i was taught threw out my almost 10,000 hours of Rc rotor wing experience.

@@videocruzer well as its a single bolt and no lead lag dampener on the head its impossible to control lead lag on the model. all you have is a rubber dampening ring on some of the heads. The blades will naturally find there happy at various stages of the rotation. unless to build a full or semi articulated rotor. 30 years as a full size aircraft engineer and rc modeller here. but that does not mean we know everything so happy learn please post a video on how you balance for lead an lag

@@bladesofthunder9778 except for the imbalance between the Cords or weight imbalance down the cord line. Only precision guys worry about that balance.