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Old 01-02-2006 | 07:55 PM
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Jack211
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Default RE: Hangar 9 Twist 3D

Hey, Tuck, I think we're ALL looking for bigger Twists, too, just for variety. There IS a plug and play model, more expensive, that may be available now. I enjoy the white/blue/green color pattern.

By the way, I have it on good authority (Mike Lucier, proflyer, who works at Riders Hobby in Taylor, MI, and whose club, Weak Signals, runs the Toledo exposition every year) that Hangar 9 reorganized the production line FROM building the Twist TO building their recent entry into the "P-51Ds can be trainers" market--which they created. I recall several full page and two page magazine ads to that effect--AND I bought their P-51D, a beautiful airframe. They evidently put LOTS of money into advertising and wanted to be sure they could supply the anticipated demand. So they shut down the Twist's production line, promised to be BACK on line in December for sales in late January.

I suspect it's much like making SUVs (with larger profit margins) vs. building small cars.

Jack