I’m sorry, I don’t buy your cynical view here. You really think they are making intentional delays for appearances to justify the price? Unfortunately, we can only speculate about why the delays are occurring, but I’m sure they’d rather make a sale than try to fabricate some scheme to justify a price hike. This plane has some design feature upgrades beyond any of the other Top Flite offerings.

I have one paid for and on pre-order through my local hobby shop. Waiting patiently and working on my Top Flite Zero.