Chad and Texan, it sounds like we've had similar experiences and you've summed up my sentiments nicely.

I've got a couple of kits cut, even have a set of CJM gear for a Meister P-47, again the full kit is ready to go. My experiences with my Meister FW 190 and CJM gear turned me off to working on the P-47 and the issue isn't the Meister planes its the piss poor gear quality and the painful process of getting any satisfaction. It takes so long that you start hearing things like, you bought these a long time ago how can you expect us to fix it?

In the case of the 190 gear Bruce did eventually make good on them. I actually had to borrow parts from Dick Bernier and Ty Brown so that I could keep the 190 flying for the event. Those are two guys I recommend to anyone.

If CJM ever does improve the quality issues and if I start hearing consistently good things I'm going to buy a set of gear for my Al Masters Do 335, again the kit is already cut if not I'll talk to Darrell at Sierra and see what he can do. He's a lot more expensive but the gear look beautiful and from what I can see he really does want to take care of the customer.

I've had great experiences with Robart and Spring Air in terms of durability. I've never had to send either in for service, they just work so I can't say what support is like. The first set of CJM gear I ever bought in something like 91 or so was for a Bates Sea Fury. Those gear are pretty nice but thats a long time ago no satisfacation since.


Chris