<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’ve had pretty good luck ordering from RC Japan. The prices are 25% off retail, stuff usually arrives within one week.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Dale</div><div><br>On Aug 3, 2018, at 5:57 AM, Jon Lowe via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Hobbico/Horizon is not involved in Futaba import/distributing. Tower may continue to sell Futaba. Futaba is doing their own importing and distributing, as well as repair from here in Huntsville, AL. Word is they will make available everything Futaba makes with exception of some country specific radios not legal in US.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is an interview on RCG with the Futaba rep that gives more info. They basically had to set up everything from nothing in a short period once Horizon bought Hobbico. The US operation is wholly owned by Futaba Japan.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Futaba has had facilities in Huntsville for years working other parts of their business. They are right across the street from a major intermodal center here with containers, air freight, trucking, and rail, so once containers arrive, things don't take long to get in Futabas hands. Steve Helms, who older pattern flyers remember, represented the hobby side here for years until a couple of years before his death. Obviously, with Futaba taking over their own distributing and repair, the hobby side has gotten much bigger. And no, I have no "ins" or connections there!</p>
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<br><br><div class="device_aol_et_org_dt_dd_quote"></div><hr style="border:0;height:1px;color:#999;background-color:#999;width:100%;margin:0 0 9px 0;padding:0;"><span style="font-size:14px; color:#999999;">On Friday, August 3, 2018 Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion <<span style="color:#0000A0"><a href="mailto:scmcharg@gmail.com">scmcharg@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a></span>> wrote:</span><br><br>
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<div class="aolReplacedBody"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">My understanding is that Hobbico (aka Tower) had the exclusive on Futaba radios. Since Hobbico folded and Horizon now "owns" them, Futaba elected not to extend/renew the contract to Horizon thus allowing them to sell to whichever distributor(s) that they want. It may be in limbo right now as to who's doing what, when and where or Futaba may just be going out on their own. Time will tell.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">If you're looking for servos, there are many good places to purchase. <a href="http://www.servocity.com" target="_blank">www.servocity.com</a> seems to be a pretty good contender.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">Scott</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="4">Scott A. McHarg</font></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Takeoff is optional. Landing is mandatory!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 6:12 AM David Harmon via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-6666395623937422161WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">The increased import duty is on Chinese mfgd electronic products….<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">I don’t believe there is any increased duty on products made in Japan.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">I have some NIB Futaba SBus2 servos I recently bought and they are all marked as ‘made in Taiwan’.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">Pretty certain there is no increased duty on stuff made in Taiwan.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">David Harmon<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d">Sperry, OK<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>
</b></p><div class="begin_alto_quote"></div><b>From:</b> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>AC Glenn via NSRCA-discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 2, 2018 7:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael Cohen <<a href="mailto:precisionaero@hotmail.com" target="_blank">precisionaero@hotmail.com</a>>; General pattern discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Where to order Futaba equipment?<u></u><u></u><p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">They aren’t charging more because they want to but because there is a 25% tax being put on all products coming out of Japan. <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="m_-6666395623937422161AppleMailSignature"><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Aug 2, 2018, at 7:05 PM, Michael Cohen via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">FutabaUSA is asking for quite a bit more than Tower is thru their website. I hope Tower keeps stocking them as I will be in the market for a new radio soon.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike Cohen<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></span></div><div id="m_-6666395623937422161divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>> on behalf of Larry Diamond via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 2, 2018 7:59:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'AC Glenn'; 'General pattern discussion'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Where to order Futaba equipment?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks AC…</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">LD</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AC Glenn [<a href="mailto:bhzboy07@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:bhzboy07@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 2, 2018 6:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> Larry Diamond <<a href="mailto:ldiamond@diamondrc.com" target="_blank">ldiamond@diamondrc.com</a>>; General pattern discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Where to order Futaba equipment?<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FFutabausa.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf0eb849fed7540553f2d08d5f8d402b5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636688511816493767&sdata=CVr1XL2W6eFOBMLx8gcnpBmGhaWK34fa5TKTGBqe9%2Fg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Futabausa.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><div id="m_-6666395623937422161AppleMailSignature"><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Aug 2, 2018, at 6:49 PM, Larry Diamond via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">It looks like Tower has most everything Futaba with “order pending”.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Where is the best source for Futaba in the US now?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Is Tower going to continue with Futaba products?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I have zero interest in any other brand at this point.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">LD</span> <u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.nsrca.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fnsrca-discussion&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf0eb849fed7540553f2d08d5f8d402b5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636688511816493767&sdata=DL%2BJ7rptuW55P7%2BCtwndmmbvvARB4xMc4EvDUdzQlbc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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