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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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---</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jerry</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cjm767driver@hotmail.com href="mailto:cjm767driver@hotmail.com">chris
moon</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] New
Planes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Since it has been so quiet, I want to stir the pot and ask
everyone why <BR>it is that we as a group accept lots of poor quality kits and
just shrug <BR>it off? I spoke with 2 people this weekend who are building
different <BR>planes and both are unhappy with the quality of the kits. Pieces
are <BR>warped and twisted and tubes misaligned and we just say..."oh well,
I'll <BR>fix it". One guy said something to the effect that well, it was ONLY
<BR>$1,000.00!!!! We are way too lenient on accepting cruddy quality and
<BR>just fixing it. I know there are not a lot of vendors out there, but we
<BR>are happy to pay just $1,000 and get a twisted plane in return?? I was
<BR>told one popular plane that many guys now have has 5 DEGREES of down
<BR>thrust mistakenly molded into the fuse and everyone just says, oh well,
<BR>I'll fix it. Don't know about you, but $1,000 is a lot of dough to me,
<BR>and to happily pay for a cruddy product in return is just wrong. I
<BR>still remember that famous email from one mfg that basically said that
<BR>the person complaining about his wing was twisted should be HAPPY that
<BR>it was twisted because famous pilot XX flew the plane too and he won the
<BR>NATS with it. The problem is that we don't as a group send the junk back
<BR>and demand that we get our money's worth. Nobody expects a perfect kit
<BR>without any problems at all, but aren't we too lenient? Maybe we need
<BR>to just buy kits like Mike's Black Magic and then we can only blame
<BR>ourselves if it comes out crooked.<BR>Sorry, but I really feel that we are
being taken advantage of due to the <BR>limited supply of planes available and
we are told to take it or leave it.<BR><BR>Ok, I feel better
now.<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR>
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