Hitec buys Multiplex  
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Tower Hobbies
Enter up to 4 keywords or Tower stock numbers
Logged in as Guest



Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
       

All Forums >> Radios, Batteries, Clubhouse and more >> RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros >> Hitec buys Multiplex
Page: [1] 2 3 4   next >   >>  

Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/4/2003 10:42:36 PM   
lnorris


 

Posts: 612
Joined: 1/31/2002
From: Oklahoma
Status: offline 		Sorry if this has been posted before but I didn't see any other posts about this.

I just found out that Hitec has bought Mulitplex. You can read about it on Hitec site http://www.hitecrcd.com/MikesSpace/Press_Release_Multiplex.htm

This IMO is huge as now Multiplex will have a wide US distribution and Hitec will get Muliplex's awesome technology.

_____________________________

If you aren't breaking something, you're not trying hard enough...
       Post #: 1

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/4/2003 10:53:14 PM   
Ladyflyer



Posts: 1035
Joined: 1/13/2002
From: North Am, PA, USA
Status: offline 		Quote:

"and Hitec will get Muliplex's awesome technology"

And vice -versa

_____________________________

LF
When they have to say "NO FEAR" it really means NO SENSE.

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 2

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/4/2003 11:11:20 PM   
HarryC


 

Posts: 1857
Joined: 2/10/2002
From: private, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		This subject has been discussed to death some weeks ago both in the radio and in the jet forum.

Harry

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 3

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/4/2003 11:57:05 PM   
lennyk


 

Posts: 567
Joined: 12/8/2001
From: Port of Spain, FL, USA
Status: offline 		I guess the next marketing move is to have a big name using/endorsing the brand

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 4

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 12:38:05 AM   
Ladyflyer



Posts: 1035
Joined: 1/13/2002
From: North Am, PA, USA
Status: offline 		Quote
"This subject has been discussed to death some weeks ago both in the radio and in the jet forum. "



Multiplex has been discussed to death ?



Literally !

.. Now if Hitec can revive them

_____________________________

LF
When they have to say "NO FEAR" it really means NO SENSE.

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 5

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 1:16:58 AM   
AJF--2


 

Posts: 2064
Joined: 2/8/2002
From: Snow Hill, NC, USA
Status: offline 		LF--I just found the thread yesterday--in the Jets forum of all places. Started back about 3 weeks ago. Lots of (the same ole) hot topics (still can't figure out why the Jet forum)

_____________________________

The Road Goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends - Robert Earl Keen

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 6

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 2:10:50 AM   
lnorris


 

Posts: 612
Joined: 1/31/2002
From: Oklahoma
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by HarryC
This subject has been discussed to death some weeks ago both in the radio and in the jet forum.
[/QUOTE]

I couldn't imagine you not knowing and it not being discussed but I couldn't find it in the radio forum. And since I don't fly jets..

Jets forum.... that is weird...

_____________________________

If you aren't breaking something, you're not trying hard enough...

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 7

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 3:13:25 AM   
DavidO



Posts: 108
Joined: 8/26/2002
From: Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		Quote :

"Multiplex has been discussed to death ?

Literally !

.. Now if Hitec can revive them"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Real Cool !!!

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 8

Jet Forum - 1/5/2003 3:47:49 AM   
Thud_Driver



Posts: 990
Joined: 12/29/2001
From: Victorville, CA,
Status: offline 		The reason its been in the Jet forum is because the pilots tend to use all 9 or 10 of the available channels and are usually looking for more. Some varieties of Multiplex offer 12.

Then there are the flexibility/ease of programing/total capablity issues which make a big difference to setting up a jet since they use a substantial amount of a high end system's capability (read 9Z vs 10X vs Multiplex).

While most of the range issues have gone away with the newer turbine ECU's, there's been the ongoing discussion of which system provides the most solid RF link, not to mention failsafe features. They all use a different style of RX front end electronics.

And I won't even mention the chest beating about who's best for jets between Multiplex, Futaba or JR since I fly Airtronics.

So there's always radio threads in the Jet forum.

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 9

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 4:08:15 AM   
HarryC


 

Posts: 1857
Joined: 2/10/2002
From: private, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ladyflyer
.. Now if Hitec can revive them [/QUOTE]

Mpx does not need reviving, it has been quite happy doing well in its own market. America is not the world.

Harry

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 10

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 4:18:29 AM   
Ladyflyer



Posts: 1035
Joined: 1/13/2002
From: North Am, PA, USA
Status: offline 		You are sooo right.Too bad they couldn't survive in Their world !
No offense ,didn't mean to step on Euro toes
The "center" of the world does seem to be headed East nowdays. I doubt Multiplex will ever change their track record outside their world regardless the marketing group.

_____________________________

LF
When they have to say "NO FEAR" it really means NO SENSE.

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 11

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 4:18:37 AM   
AJF--2


 

Posts: 2064
Joined: 2/8/2002
From: Snow Hill, NC, USA
Status: offline 		I agree Harry--they don't need reviving--they need exposure. Since I appear to enjoy MPX products here in the US, you would not believe the private emails I get wanting to know about the transmitters and servos. Harry is in the UK and Roger is in Canada (great white north) and for some reason people here on RCU think I am the guy in the US of A. That tells me that there is interest in the product and that nobody knows about it. (if people are emailing me with questions that tells me a bunch about how under-marketed this product is. I ask Harry and Roger questions!

_____________________________

The Road Goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends - Robert Earl Keen

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 12

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 4:34:47 AM   
HarryC


 

Posts: 1857
Joined: 2/10/2002
From: private, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ladyflyer
Too bad they couldn't survive in Their world ![/QUOTE]

Survival had nothing to do with it. It was a privately owned company and the owner retired so he had to sell it. It was not a failing basket case saved from the dustbin by the Japanese. In much of continental Europe it is the mass market radio. Its Twinstar is one of the biggest selling models of all time on the planet. Its gliders are some of the most respected scale sailplanes. Just because Mpx didn't care about heavy marketing of its radios in the USA doesn't make them a failure.

Harry

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 13

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 5:44:06 AM   
Ladyflyer



Posts: 1035
Joined: 1/13/2002
From: North Am, PA, USA
Status: offline 		Didn't mean to trigger your defensive instncts Harry. It is obvious no one in Europe was eager to take over the reigns . Just a comment on the general direction of manufacturing.
We have been there before no big deal . Sounds like a win-win deal to me.
[COLOR=firebrick]Now ,IF Merco ever takes over YS, [/COLOR]


May be the 'obvious' should have read 'likely' ?
Oh well if some one with the money had wanted them more than Hitec.......?

< Message edited by Ladyflyer-RCU -- Jan 6 2003 1:51AM >

_____________________________

LF
When they have to say "NO FEAR" it really means NO SENSE.

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 14

Hitec buys Multiplex - 1/5/2003 8:02:49 AM   
EASYTIGER


 

Posts: 7676
Joined: 12/7/2001
From: nyc, NY, USA
Status: offline 		Now, THAT's funny, ladyflyer!

(in reply to lnorris)
       Post #: 15

Merco - 1/5/2003 11:04:43 AM   
thunderbolt-RCU



Posts: 356
Joined: 1/22/2002
From: Denver, CO, USA
Status: offline 		LF:
I still own a Merco twin plug .60.
It still runs and I have it in a Sr. Falcon that I built in 1969. My Kraft Signature radio with the metal gimbals controls it on 53.400.
Brian

(in reply to lnorris)