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Re: For those who are skeptical about propellers - Team 2526

Sorry, I didn't see that thread, I'm actually a FTC team member so I haven't looked the FRC Q+A

Re: For those who are skeptical about propellers - Team 2526

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard (Post 814911)

RC airplanes aren't hit by other things very often.

Except the ground...

The (plastic) prop on my Electric Firebird XL stood up to everything. Flew into trees, fences, all that, handled it just fine... But, your hand grazing a spinning prop HURTS. Almost cut a few fingers off once...

I like the idea, but safety first man. Better safe than sorry. The lexan sheet wrapped around should be fine, me thinks. The Blades aren't super heavy and shouldn't penetrate too far. Plus with the lexan you can add the little lip-thing they do on automotive ITB's/Carbs to help clean up the airflow coming in. And it looks fairly cool.