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This is true for many brands, but going by the numbers, there is simply way more on-line help should you need it with Blade. Going well beyond the hobby store and Horizon Hobby for after sales help and support, there are countless websites & forum posts offering help as well with all of Blade's helicopters. Horizon Hobby is also very good with their warranties should you get a defective product, and yes it does happen from time to time like any high-tech product. They are sold at most good hobby shops world wide (both on-line and off), so help and parts are almost always easy to get.

Blade has helped successfully introduce more people to RC helicopters than just about any brand out there.īlade helicopters are simply incredibly popular. I put extremely high priority on this, especially for newbies getting into the hobby. Simply put, it means after you walk out the door with your shiny new RC helicopter, there is a vast help network out there should you have any questions, problems, or simply need parts for repairs or maintenance. Since I already touched on this, lets talk about after sales support. A large RC helicopter requires a much higher level of build and component quality after all, and I personally feel Blade learned from their time producing the bigger birds some of that has now filtered down into the smaller stuff.īlade eventually got back to doing what it does best - produce lower cost, pre-built, smaller size helicopters aimed directly toward folks just starting out or are fairly new to the hobby.īlade 330S Collective Pitch RC Helicopter What I and others have noticed however since Blade dabbled in the larger machines, is the quality of their smaller helicopters started getting better for the most part. Lots of people I know got some really smoking great deals on these larger Blade helis when this happened as some were being cleared out for 1/2 price (even less). So after a short 3 years or so, all the large Blade helicopters were discontinued. Serious RC helicopter hobbyists just didn't see Blade as a viable contender to these other brands after they progressed to that level. However, for the rather high cost, they couldn't compete with the established high end brands such as Align, SAB, Mikado, HD, JR, Compass, etc.

HORIZON HOBBIES BLADE 70S PLUS

These are not $1000 dollar plus larger high end machines like Align, Mikado, Miniature Aircraft, MSH, Oxy or SAB that many experienced RC helicopter enthusiasts seek out and aspire towards.īlade helicopters are lower cost, small in size (nothing larger than a 480 size), ready to fly RC helicopters that offer a good introduction into the hobby for a reasonable price.įor a few years, Blade actually did dabble in the larger & costlier higher end, 500 to 700 size electric helicopters, and they were actually fairly decent machines. Simply because that is exactly what they are. You notice I keep calling Blade helicopters 'Entry Level', why? There is no question, there are some other low cost entry level brands out there that are just as good if not better such as XK Helicopters, but you don't get the same level of after sales support and help that Blade/Horizon Hobby offers. Their track record in other words is very decent for the lower cost, entry level stuff. Sure, there have been duds over the years, but for the vast number of helicopters they have released over the past 10 years or so, there were & are way more good ones than bad ones. I guess the first criteria to look at is overall quality since the main reason we get into the hobby is to actually fly, and for a model helicopter to fly and stay flying, a base quality line is a necessity.īlade helicopters are all of pretty decent quality. Advanced - Learning 3D Aerobatic Flying.

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