Originally quoted by: Aero330LX
>There is more to an engine than price. Power, reliability, service, and price all have to be taken into account. You get what you pay for. There is an old saying in R/C that still holds true...buy cheap, buy twice...Buy the good stuff...buy once. .
This an interesting but false assertion! (at least when made as a reason not to purchase a ZDZ engine)
I really hate to get into this, but I must.
I started importing and selling ZDZ engines 4 years ago as an extension of my model hobby. Ran a few ads, put up a website, sold a few engines and the user reports came back "wow great engines". So I poured some more money and time into it and set the selling prices based on my concept ... that model airplane engines gas engines cost too much.... I still maintain this pricing position, however:
My sales margins are lower , but my costs are not . I doubt if these much difference in the production and support costs between any of the gas engine manufacturers. Certainly the advertising costs are the same. So it gets down to; how do you set the prices? RC Showcase believes that someone has to take the lead in lowering the prices of these engines. We have decided to be that company. As a result we have seen the success of the ZDZ engines in the market place and the falling prices of the competitors. ZDZ Modelmotor sells many, many engines around the world and has expanded their factory size and capacity twice in the last three years. This growth is based on a simple fact: Quality and Reliability sell products.
This is also a simple truth: RC Showcase and ZDZ Modelmotor provide quality products and support services at reasonable prices and will continue to do so..
By the way, the reason for no ZDZ engines at TOC is that there is a TOC rule that models with wings 3000 sq. in. and under are limited to a maximum engines size of 152 cc. We had a lot of interest in the ZDZ 160 B2 from TOC pilots until this rule was discovered.
David Garrison
RC Showcase
Should our company motto be:
"Gas engines for the masses"? or, for you really old folks " a gas engine in every pot"? (from an election slogan during the depression era.)
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