Thanks David,
I read your interesting article when it came out, but thought the improvement
was
between your previous SR2000 and the new SR3000 (not the SR3000 vs. SR3000/W).
Speaking to Jiri @ Woodcomp, they simply supply "what the builder prefers", but
can say historically that most Europas have 1625mm and "some" have the W blades.
What I didn't know is that the W are not just wider, but have more twist - I
thought
the 3000 had the same twist as the 3000/W, so it was just a choice of narrow
vs. wide. Now I know different...
The factory line on blade replacement is not that the W blades have to be
supplied
in 3s (and the normal/narrow blades are not guaranteed to be available singly)
- just that they have to be equally balanced as a set - and since the narrow
blades are produced in greater numbers, there is a greater chance of finding
blades that match.
In addition, most blades they produce are 1700mm, so it is less likely to find
a balance match for a shorter 1625mm blade ... even more so (statistically) for
the rarer short, wide blades.
They do not want to make maintenance and replacement an expensive exercise, but
they do have to find ones that balance.
I am waiting for a price on the W blades, but I suspect that is the way I shall
be going.
Thanks again to everybody for very useful information.
Paul M
XS Mono 912S
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