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Old 03-23-2007, 02:34 PM
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To get an AMA buddy box? I've been a member for a while now, but i just signed my wife up under my membership this year (she's going to start flying). With her membership, I paid the extra 8 bucks for the radio (Shipping and Handeling). I got the membership cards 3 weeks ago, but no buddy box. How long does it take to get it (from those of you who've received it before).
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Old 03-23-2007, 03:18 PM
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2slow2matter,
Unfortunately the AMA had a great idea, but they totally blew it trying to put it into practice. They are saying 10-12 weeks to ship out buddy boxes. I haven't seen very many students that are willing to wait 3 months before they start training to fly.

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Old 03-23-2007, 03:35 PM
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To the beginner student that is ready to fly this is fairly worthless. Only thing they can do is have it around when they start training their grand-children with a schedule like that.[:@]
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lol wow that's along time!you could pass the radio like i did wit my instructor...
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Coming up on 4 months now for my buddy box. sent them an e-mail, no reply. I wonder if the insurance goes along the same lines also?
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The AMA has provided reliable, affordable insurance for quite sometime now and it is very dependable and thank God they still do.
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Coming up on 4 months now for my buddy box. sent them an e-mail, no reply. I wonder if the insurance goes along the same lines also?
Old 03-27-2007, 09:12 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I figured for 7 bucks S/H I might as well throw it in. I'm in no hurry. I use either my DX7 or 7202 for a buddy box (depending upon which one is the master), but I thought it might be nice to have one around that was just a buddy box. I also have an old Quattro Pro 4 channel that I took the crystal out of, and it works nice as well. Guess I should have just bought a 6 pack with that 7 bucks. Probably would have enjoyed it more.............
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Any radio of the same brand can be made into a buddy box BTW. Find someone who's got their wings and see if they've got one to sell you.
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took me about 3 months to get mine from them. but i did inquire by email and they sent me a tracking # and ship date once it was built.

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