[NSRCA-discussion] New Planes

[Jerry Stebbins]

Chris, you keep forgetting the old adage-- It's not the plane-it's the name". Precisely why there are fewer and fewer USA companies staying in business. Build a straight and good flying kit for less than the "name" planes and they will flock to the "name" plane. It's the culture---
Jerry


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: chris moon 
  To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
  Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:07 PM
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] New Planes


  Since it has been so quiet, I want to stir the pot and ask everyone why 
  it is that we as a group accept lots of poor quality kits and just shrug 
  it off? I spoke with 2 people this weekend who are building different 
  planes and both are unhappy with the quality of the kits. Pieces are 
  warped and twisted and tubes misaligned and we just say..."oh well, I'll 
  fix it". One guy said something to the effect that well, it was ONLY 
  $1,000.00!!!! We are way too lenient on accepting cruddy quality and 
  just fixing it. I know there are not a lot of vendors out there, but we 
  are happy to pay just $1,000 and get a twisted plane in return?? I was 
  told one popular plane that many guys now have has 5 DEGREES of down 
  thrust mistakenly molded into the fuse and everyone just says, oh well, 
  I'll fix it. Don't know about you, but $1,000 is a lot of dough to me, 
  and to happily pay for a cruddy product in return is just wrong. I 
  still remember that famous email from one mfg that basically said that 
  the person complaining about his wing was twisted should be HAPPY that 
  it was twisted because famous pilot XX flew the plane too and he won the 
  NATS with it. The problem is that we don't as a group send the junk back 
  and demand that we get our money's worth. Nobody expects a perfect kit 
  without any problems at all, but aren't we too lenient? Maybe we need 
  to just buy kits like Mike's Black Magic and then we can only blame 
  ourselves if it comes out crooked.
  Sorry, but I really feel that we are being taken advantage of due to the 
  limited supply of planes available and we are told to take it or leave it.

  Ok, I feel better now.

  Chris



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