Hey R Pilot,
I agree with you. Any company that doesn't support its own products ain't worth a sqawt. The idea that "they just ship it" does not absolve them of the responsibility of spare parts nor any warning thereof; that's pure "bull" . They are a hobby company; act like it and learn the meaning of "customer satisfaction" and fair trade. We all crash sooner or later and need parts. Should not it be logical to go to the place of purchase?
I'm glad you took the time to post your experience and hopefully a newb won't fall into the same Chinese trap.
These moron deserve to be bad mouthed, maybe even subjected to the Chinese water torture. Buy from American companies and leave the fools to Nitroplanes....