Guys let me inject a little perspective in this discussion. It's true that I am a dyed in the wool competitive pilot just like Shawn (speed). It is also true that I love tinkering and design my own for the most part. I think that you both will agree that neither of these endeavors in this hobby are the norm. The vast majority of us are sport fliers. My guess is at least 90% of the folks fly for sport.

I I don't care what company it is, be it American, Chinese, or whatever, they probably wouldn't stay around very long if they only sold their wares to competitors. They all must build a reliable product and o one with simple field manners and from a business point of view, control their costs. Some that did not well you know what happened to them.

Im with TR when he says it's great to have choices. Make no mistake, the sport fliers enable these choices...their pool is vast compared to the competitors pool