Folding props on X8

[Ti@goo]

I was thinking on putting folding props to help transport the X8 on my car but I don`t see anyone using folding props on a X8.

Why is that?

 

[Old Man]

Cost, additional weight, reliability. It is done but not often.

 

[violetwolf]

I'll add potential vibration to the list.

 

[dazzab]

I was thinking on putting folding props to help transport the X8 on my car but I don`t see anyone using folding props on a X8.

I use quick release mounts on my X8, hexa and quad exactly for this reason. It's so easy and quick to remove the props that it's not an issue to remove them for transport.

 

[Carapau]

I use the KDE folding props on my 20kg x8. Vibration is affected by the folding props because they have been reduced by using the KDEs. Nowt wrong with them at all. I also use a pair of folding 700mm blades on one of my aircraft. Admittedly it is a single rotor heli and it flies sweeeeet!

 

[Ti@goo]

So it is a bad idea? Can the top propeller affect the bottom propeller, in any way?

 

[crayfellow]

I use the KDE folding props on my 20kg x8. Vibration is affected by the folding props because they have been reduced by using the KDEs. Nowt wrong with them at all. I also use a pair of folding 700mm blades on one of my aircraft. Admittedly it is a single rotor heli and it flies sweeeeet!

Good to know, thanks. I have been wondering about this and a thread suggests (but never resolves) an issue, but that is only 1 data point. What motors are you running with them?

 

[Carapau]

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