kingtech turbine rc engine k70g2 fatal problem
01-27-2019, 12:38 PM
#76
Did you not read the whole thread?
Did you pick up the phone and call Barry?
Did you pick up the phone and call Dirk?
Try those steps first.
What I know directly from Barry when I saw him at Hemet. They are working on a solution, they are doing extensive testing to make sure they don't put out a fix and put out a permanent solution instead.
Personally I would be happy I didn't get a rush job and sent something that may or may not have the same problem later so I can go on RCU and flame people without thinking first.
You will know when they know.
Did you pick up the phone and call Barry?
Did you pick up the phone and call Dirk?
Try those steps first.
What I know directly from Barry when I saw him at Hemet. They are working on a solution, they are doing extensive testing to make sure they don't put out a fix and put out a permanent solution instead.
Personally I would be happy I didn't get a rush job and sent something that may or may not have the same problem later so I can go on RCU and flame people without thinking first.
You will know when they know.
01-27-2019, 12:56 PM
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OK I have had to do a bit of a clean up on this thread and the culprit has been warned about his forum behaviour.
My thanks to the forum member who made the report that things were getting out of hand.
Again a reminder if you see something you don't like report it. I am the guy with the big stick and will take whatever action I think is required to allow a free exchange of ideas communicated politely.
My thanks to the forum member who made the report that things were getting out of hand.
Again a reminder if you see something you don't like report it. I am the guy with the big stick and will take whatever action I think is required to allow a free exchange of ideas communicated politely.
01-27-2019, 01:42 PM
#78
This is the kind of thing that makes me think sometimes what Im trying to do with my small little business isn't worth it. Seems no matter how hard I do my best to keep folks in formed and give the best service possible this can always happen just because someone has a bad day. People are very impatient these days and the need for instance service can be very stressful, im not defending either side just something to think about. Always close the look on service and if the customer is on hold due to his item needing repair always try to give updates, this is why I make it super easy to contact me via website, facebook, email, or text.
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
01-27-2019, 03:33 PM
#79
This is the kind of thing that makes me think sometimes what Im trying to do with my small little business isn't worth it. Seems no matter how hard I do my best to keep folks in formed and give the best service possible this can always happen just because someone has a bad day. People are very impatient these days and the need for instance service can be very stressful, im not defending either side just something to think about. Always close the look on service and if the customer is on hold due to his item needing repair always try to give updates, this is why I make it super easy to contact me via website, facebook, email, or text.
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
your side of the story right away.
01-27-2019, 04:22 PM
#80
I will say another thing I have noticed when dealing with overseas product it does add some extra time due to their response time, so be sure to account for that as well.
01-28-2019, 08:07 AM
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This is the kind of thing that makes me think sometimes what Im trying to do with my small little business isn't worth it. Seems no matter how hard I do my best to keep folks in formed and give the best service possible this can always happen just because someone has a bad day. People are very impatient these days and the need for instance service can be very stressful, im not defending either side just something to think about. Always close the look on service and if the customer is on hold due to his item needing repair always try to give updates, this is why I make it super easy to contact me via website, facebook, email, or text.
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
01-28-2019, 09:12 AM
#82
I appreciate that, thanks for your comments. I have dealt with both Barry and Dirk good guys who enjoy the hobby, Dirk helped a lot to get problems rectified on my SM F-18.
01-28-2019, 10:59 AM
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This is the kind of thing that makes me think sometimes what Im trying to do with my small little business isn't worth it. Seems no matter how hard I do my best to keep folks in formed and give the best service possible this can always happen just because someone has a bad day. People are very impatient these days and the need for instance service can be very stressful, im not defending either side just something to think about. Always close the look on service and if the customer is on hold due to his item needing repair always try to give updates, this is why I make it super easy to contact me via website, facebook, email, or text.
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
Cheers! and remember its a hobby about fun, friends and the joy of flying!!!
Most (like 99%) are thankful for their stuff, your services and expertise and act accordingly.
There's always that one or two persons per year that is never going to be satisfied
01-29-2019, 10:34 PM
#84
No doubt dealing with overseas will take extra time in most cases but I think most people will be fine as long as they feel they are kept informed.
01-30-2019, 07:20 PM
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!!!!They have to find the batch of engines that have the problem, and isolate them. With them scattered across the globe that alone takes a lot of time.
Then they have to find the raw material that caused the problem and isolate that.
Then they have to find out why the raw material caused the problem.
Then they need to source new raw materials to make the new parts.
Then they have to test the new parts to ensure they are safe and reliable.
Then they have to replace those parts and fix any other damage that may have happened.
Then they need to ship them back out.
Considering all of that, I am not sure what you are expecting. The fact that it will be 4-5 months considering ALL of that should have you singing praises...
03-05-2019, 10:07 PM
#88
The factory has the new wheel available for warranty replacements.
03-06-2019, 12:36 AM
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Do you have a K-70 with us? If you do, the only thing you have to do is to email Vera at [email protected] and request an update.
The factory has the new wheel available for warranty replacements.
The factory has the new wheel available for warranty replacements.
03-08-2019, 10:21 AM
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03-08-2019, 12:13 PM
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do you have a k-70 with us? If you do, the only thing you have to do is to email vera at [email protected] and request an update.
The factory has the new wheel available for warranty replacements.
The factory has the new wheel available for warranty replacements.
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03-08-2019, 12:17 PM
#94
Yes, we are having some K-70 compressor wheel problems, not all, but some. The factory is looking into the possible harmonic or some sort of sympathetic vibration induced damage to some of these wheels. The factory has a new design of the compressor, the initial testing with this new wheel yields a lower temperature and better thrust. So the new K-70 should have a lower full throttle RPM.
We are very sorry for the trouble and thank you for your patience for working with us.
Regards,
Barry
We are very sorry for the trouble and thank you for your patience for working with us.
Regards,
Barry
03-09-2019, 10:53 PM
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Geez some seriously bad attitidudes here. My current k70 has KT marking on the compressor. Would of been easy just to replace with V2 or some indication. Im not flying a k70 which does not have the fixed wheel in it... how can KT or anyone expect that. Jets are to expensive to take such a risk!
03-11-2019, 06:11 AM
#99
As Barry mentioned, all of the ones the factory diagnosed with this issue failed within the first 3 hours of use. One individual did post that at ~400 minutes his failed, but I'll consider that an outlier if not even a completely unrelated issue. In any event mine has about 450 minutes on it without a hiccup, I'll run it until it needs service or the plane meets a more gruesome demise and have it upgraded at that time.