[NSRCA-discussion] New Planes

[Koenig, Tom]

Hey Vince...hehehehe......welcome to being part of  'the rest of the
world'.!!!!
 
This is how most other people ( other countries) have felt about the US
dollar for many years if not several decades. We are having a modelling
Bonanza since the US dollar is worth what it is. I guess you fellas over
there will now have to 'adjust' a little, for lack of a better term :-)
 
Mind you, that Euro is killing me also with my little sideline business!
Now just hold your breath when the Chineese start charging for their
goods!!
 
Tom

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Hi Chris,
 
I complained because my first Abbra came at 0.75 degrees.  I wanted 0.5
degrees and I ordered the second one at 0.5 degrees.  The original Abbra
was design around the ZDZ 40.  Probably, the 0.75 degrees is better for
that power plant. The second one came exactly at 0.5 degrees so I can
not complain.  The only problem now is those are made in Europe and we
have to pay with Euros.   
 
Regards,
 
--
Vicente "Vince" Bortone
 

	-------------- Original message -------------- 
	From: chris moon <cjm767driver at hotmail.com> 
	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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