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Old 01-18-2007 | 06:50 PM
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Default RE: The RealFlight Controller is Horrible

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One of my switches broke, when to the train section of the lhs, bought a new one and installed it. I don't really understand why everyone has such high expectations. "You mean this cheap plastic thing with a chip in it and sticks on it is actually suseptable to breakage!?!? Like OMG!"

Thats just the way I see it.
I don't think you really understand where we are coming from. This is about quality. If you compare this controller with the others that Futaba makes, or did make, you will see that the Interlink controller is crap. I broke it after 3 weeks of use. I have had my 4 channel Futaba transmitter for five years and have not had one problem with it.

Also, I'm an engineering student and know quite a bit about structures and how things should be designed and built (I've done a lot of design work outside of school). In looking at the Interlink controller, I found several obvious flaws that even the most incompetent engineer would spot and fix. The thing is, Futaba, and as far as I know Knife Edge and Great Planes (no proof to dismiss this claim), want to put more money in their pockets by telling their engineers to design junk. They don't care if the product they sell is crap. They don't care about keeping their customers happy. The only people they care about are themselves and I'm sick of what seems like every other corporation in America doing the same thing. Instead of making things more efficient, they go the easy route and reduce quality to save money.

I know I'm ranting and I apologize, but there comes a point where enough is enough. And this is it.

Oh, and the nice guy at Knife Edge told me that the controller has been redesigned. We will see in a week or so if he was right.

EDIT: Added the last paragraph