TR, Good points, and yes, many of our products come from China. It is unavoidable. I believe in 2015 if a person made a concerted effort to buy only products made in America, they would be MUCH wealthier, as their purchases would be very few and far between. On the question of whether I feel the same way about products from Germany (3W) or Czech Republic (RotorMotor, etc) or even Japan, NO I do NOT feel the same way. Those nations are what we commonly refer to as part of "the west." Yeah, I know where Japan is located, but it's actually more of a cultural and political similarity than geographical. I don't recall other 'western' nations tapping into our net and harvesting national security databases the way China IN FACT routinely does. Human rights? China is quite low on the list. They manipulate the value of their currency to bolster exports and limit imports. China sells weapons to our enemies. They are neither a "trading partner" nor an "ally."
My beef is more with other forms of government, than with the people, who are almost always very nice and far more LIKE US, than different. But the fact is, when we send our money to China (or one of its satellites), it does the American economy little good and very likely bolsters regimes who do NOT have our best interests in mind. When given a quality alternative, I buy American as often as possible. Desert Aircraft is a prime example.

And like you, I find it very hypocritical and frustrating to be at the RC field watching a fellow American struggle with his Chinese gasser - the one he got from Tower with a fat discount, no tax, and no shipping - and then he's in the pits cheerleading American greatness... Believe me, I've seen this scenario way too many times and wondered if the guy was so worried about spending a few extra dollars, WHY he didn't buy a used DA, already broken in, and 100% ready to rock an roll? Instead, I see dead sticks and unreliable operation in the air - overheating, vaporlock, poor fuel delivery, unreliable ignition - and often damaged aircraft as a result of being what I consider to be pennywise and pound foolish.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have owned and flown two DA50's, DA60, DA70, DA100, DA120, and DA150; two 3W157CS, and one DLE 35. ALL of these engines ran well. The 3W competition series is simply without equal. The DLE exhibits low compression and was more finicky during break in than ANY of the aforementioned engines, but now it runs well and starts easily.