Pete lol, I have 7 CMP planes and I am 6 figure VP in a food consumable company , nothing to do with RC ( I only wish I was paid by them or any of them lol ).
I am also a consultant , again consumer goods all edible , so I dont know if you are reffering to me , by I do have CMP planes in my hanger and Top Flight, Pica , FMS , Starmax,
willshobby , Blackhorse ect , I dont know so much speculation on who we work for when we simply happen to like a company .
Why is everything mystery ? I have no problem saying 1) I like CMP planes 2) I have 7 of them 3) I will never buy another one because now ESM that use to be called KMP and cost $200 more thru Andrew is now priced too close to CMP , so if I buy an ARF larger fuel bird it will be ESM . OH well , there goes my CMP /Nitro planes paycheck , but hey now i am on ESM paycheck so all is good .
Look I have been on RCU for over 10 years , love the site for info , learning , and really getting handle on who does what , how to do it and the distribution side of the business .
Pete you and I go back and I consider you an on-line friend , but I also know that you had extreme frustration with your CMP/Flymodels FW190 (dont remember )if you had the CMP or the knockoff , but you told me and others that you threw your model out because the contro horn screws were not long enought to get thru the tail .
Ok , these and other minor issues are not only a problem of the supplier but they are a problem of not being ready to handle a plane that is not an ARF .
Half the problems described in early threads on CMP , Fly MOdels , WIllshobby , and all the other names are a result of inexperinece in the builder/purchaser and the supplier , but with experience they are easily overcome and you can have a great model .That again is why we are on rcu in the first place , help , learn and listen and you can overcome an rc problem .
In reality I dont know what nitro did with DA , but I do know that 90 of the warbirds we love , fly and built are not official legally registered copies with approval from the master airplane company such as the P40 , Hellcat , P51 , P39 , how many times have you seen "a registered trade make on a model , I know there is some but often .Because it requires a licensed contract , royality fee and performance criteria all of the things that add cost and most modelers would not pay .
So is that ok ? do we draw the line in certain areas and not others ?
So when we can copy a P51 , did we pay royality ? see the insanity lol , oh but that is ok ?
let be real , as stated earlier if I had a beef with nitro , you would know it , I bought from them and on more the one occoasion with great servace .
As far as there old name "raidentech well they sucked , worse internet rc company in the world , but they changed and have cleaned up there servace and performance .
If there is a leagal brand trademark issues , well as stated that is not my issue as a consumer .