MD 500 Composite blades

[Jonathan St. Cloud]

Maybe 5-7 years ago I had a conversation with a bade manufacturer who said they were close to having a compost main rotor blade for an MD500. Was claiming a 10% increase in performance. Anyone know if any composite blades have been developed and certified for the MD 500"s?

[Karbic]

On 10/02/2015 11:58 AM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> Maybe 5-7 years ago I had a conversation with a bade manufacturer who
> said they were close to having a compost main rotor blade for an
> MD500. Was claiming a 10% increase in performance. Anyone know if
> any composite blades have been developed and certified for the MD
> 500"s?

the Mini 500 (CH-7 Angel ripoff) had compost blades.

[Jonathan St. Cloud]

On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 10:11:19 PM UTC-7, Karbic wrote:
> On 10/02/2015 11:58 AM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
> > Maybe 5-7 years ago I had a conversation with a bade manufacturer who
> > said they were close to having a compost main rotor blade for an
> > MD500. Was claiming a 10% increase in performance. Anyone know if
> > any composite blades have been developed and certified for the MD
> > 500"s?
>
> the Mini 500 (CH-7 Angel ripoff) had compost blades.

The question was about composite blades for MD 500 series.