[NSRCA-discussion] New Planes

[Anthony Romano]

I know I should have made some noise about the last two kits I built. A "name" airplane that I waited a long time for and was continually dissapointed by. 
Then it got harder. I built a Black Magic next and all the flaws were my own fault!
 
Anthony


From: cjm767driver at hotmail.comTo: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.orgDate: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:07:57 -0600Subject: [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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