I think Ben is running into the same problems that others have. People want an ARF similar to the Focus pricing. Unfortunately the Focus pricing has been pretty much the same for 10 years. If the plane comes out the least bit heavy, no one will buy it. Being able to produce a plane significantly larger than the Focus for the same price and under weight with MULTIPLE power systems is going to be virtually impossible. Then the other problem is the size of the market. I was talking to Dave Guerin 2 weeks ago about the Focus and in the 9 years or so they have been produced, he still only sold about 700 total airframes. So, it is a fairly small market. The cost of good wood has gone up, the cost of fiberglass and carbon fiber has gone up, but most people wont pay 999.99 or 1099.00 for an ARF that is competitive, they want it in the 700 dollar range and that just isn't cost effective for the guys to do.

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