Best replacement blades?

[johnmeyer]

I have the Hubsan H107C. The prop guard is on a slow boat from China, and so I'm flying it indoors without protection. The blades are getting chewed up and I'll need new ones.

I looked at Amazon, and they have various crash kits, but there are two problems, so I need some help.

1. Some of these take 6-8 weeks to ship.
2. Reviews of some of the propellers say that the replacements are lower quality than the originals, and do not work.

Can anyone point me to a source that has OEM-quality propellers, and which can ship in a week or less? I am mostly interested in the props, but I wouldn't mind getting a complete crash kit.

Thanks!

 

[holtneil]

Hi mate if your in the Uk sundon model shop does the hubsan props fast ship or Raj at align-trex.co.uk
http://www.align-trex.co.uk/
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...b-s2-Bdu4dp2G1-dQ&sig2=7ajt9_dmyamD_260AwWs2g

 

[johnmeyer]

Thanks for that. I'm in USA, California.

After I posted, I searched harder on Amazon, and found a place in the USA that carries the complete crash pack, using OEM parts, and will ship from the USA, rather than China, with two day "Prime" shipping. It was only $2 more than the slow boat from China source, which is still not much money.

So, problem solved.

Hubsan X4 H107C FPV Quadcopter Spare Parts Crash Pack

On a related issue, I did find that when the body separated from two of the rotor struts ("normal" for crashes, according to what I've read), one of them just wouldn't go back in place. It was hanging up on the alignment pin inside the strut. I finally resorted to a pliers and got it to go back. I may eventually have to take the body off and carefully shave down that pin or the hole. The other one popped back in pretty much as I expected it would. I watched a few YouTube videos just to make sure I wasn't missing some obvious technique, but I was doing it right, I think.

 

[RGJameson]

Maybe?
http://micro-motor-warehouse.com/products/parrot-rs-propellers-66mm-1mm

 

[johnmeyer]

Thanks. Those might work, but I was really trying to stick with genuine Hubsan props because I've read dozens of Amazon reviews of non-OEM replacement pros that either spun off or were not balanced correctly. I always discount negative reviews when I see one or two, because there is always someone who is unhappy, and sometimes I think competitors post negative reviews. However, there seemed to be an abnormally large number of negative reviews about the non-Hubsan props. So, even though Parrot makes great stuff, I don't think I want to try using their props on this device.

 

[RGJameson]

Thanks. Those might work, but I was really trying to stick with genuine Hubsan props because I've read dozens of Amazon reviews of non-OEM replacement pros that either spun off or were not balanced correctly.

FWIW Benedikt deals only in the best, tested and true. He is the Micro King.

 

[johnmeyer]

Thanks for that. I had to search a little, but I assume you are talking about the same site as before, right?

Micro Motor Warehouse

I didn't know who Benedikt is.