Originally Posted by
tp777fo
Not picking on you but we pay thousands for some of the ARFs that are dog crap. Missing parts, misaligned parts, poor paint, hardware made of potmetal We have to replace airlines, cylinders, nuts bolts and screws. I too have one in the shop that has required lots of re-engeering. servo placement that required insane geometry, gear doors that would make the pope cuss...and on and on. Luckily I bought mine as a plain white kit from another guy who unfortunately for him took the hit...but I get the headache. Until we call these cheezy manufacturers out for producing high dollar junk they will just keep producing crap that requires too much work for an ARF. There are some goof ARFs out there and some real junk. They pump them out and we are the beta testers.
I completely agree with you, I have been pretty vocal about it all and ultimately Sm will give the same old response while nothing changes. This has been outside the norm even for them so not sure what’s up.