ORIGINAL: highhorse
I have know 5 people with 6 Fly Eagles as one person tried two of them.
Slow learner ?
I've seen many threads on RCU over the years of ''top name'' jets having structural failures in less flights than 12 or 13 even the beloved BVM jets. Of course the post crash Monday morning quarterbacking of the ''top name'' jets in the thread always blames something besides piss poor QC by the ''top name'' company. I'll bet if this thread stays alive long enough there will be many people with as many flights as the ''top name'' jets.
and, the point is....what? That because someone, somewhere, lost a BVM product on flight 12 that the OP should buy an FEJ?
Is it your assertion that the ''top name'' brands (who became ''top name'' for a reason) have had an occasional failure and that's logic enough to go with a brand notorious for failures? Looking at the OP, the question had nothing to do with BVM. It was whether FEJ's products are holding up so that he could choose between them or SM.
I don't have any direct knowledge on FEJ. However, since they are still in business, I assume they cant all be that bad..
Maybe. That's an expensive gamble though, risking all of the on-board equipment (4K and up) plus the time involved to install it rather than paying the incremental $$ up front for a more reliable brand.
In the RC community it's not always the best that gets to be "top name" it's monkey see monkey do that makes it "top name". My point is, more competition is better. If we have a company willing to listen and learn like FEJ as noted by the major changes they have made to become better, then we should be working on getting them up there with the rest so they all have to compete. Competition between companies means better prices for consumers. I just don't think many in the RC world understand the basics of economics. Then there is the ALWAYS present BIAS that is rampant in the RC community, which once again leads back to either a lack of understanding of economics, or just a desire to keep all the toys to themselves.
In your case I'm not sure which it is, but highhorse fits well.