Futaba move good for them and the hobby
 

Futaba is moving their usa hq and service center to Huntsville. its a smart move for them and the hobby to separate from the old hobbico location.

Ed

Will have to see. Different circumstances of course, but I thought that JR becoming their own distributor would be great for them as well.

JR was already on slim standings when that took place. Futaba is a large solid company of which RC is a very small part. Their USA distribution/service center was in Irvine, California for many years prior to Hobbico taking on the exclusive role.

Smart move to return to parent company.

now, if someone can just tell me that a member of the Helms family is involved in this, all will be roses and lollipops...

Futaba is a big company. I believe MRC did own the franchise in the US. I don't know if they still do, and were collecting royalties from Tower.

I have only seen that they are establishing a service center in Huntsville. I haven't seen that retail sales will be handled there.

if it follows the old california pattern, it will be a service/repair center, and distribution center to retail outlets.