ORIGINAL: bjr_93tz
ORIGINAL: jim woodward
I think it is kind of sad how the fuel and engine manufacturers that have supported our hobby and specifically pattern for so long, are so easily thrown under the bus (if not intentionally, certainly indirectly) by many folks. Good business move for OS to establish itself in the electric market.
Jim W.
YS couldn't and didn't care less about supporting me when I had my DZ170CDI problem and wouldn't reply to my e-mails or the e-mails from the retailer. Apart from the warranty repair for a rear bearing failure at at about 60 flights, for the next problem I was on my own. After 5 months of being left out in the cold chasing down some intermittant fault and replacing just a touch over $400AUD in parts the engine is now running like a train again.
I didn't sign on to be a beta tester for YS.....
Sorry for your troubles. I think you had everyone's support to get up and running again. Competitively, I look at electric stuff much like "game improvement" golf clubs. All this 'new' technology proven time and again by iron-byron (swing robot). The ball is going measureably straighter and farther than ever but the average handicap hasn't dropped at all. Top end guys still play blades. Competitively, I haven't see anyone switch to electric and become a better pilot. But, anything that keeps us interested as a hobby is a good thing. I just don't understand the animus from the recently E-converted, to hound the downfall of glow engines so much.
Jim W.