Duckie - its called CAPITALISM aka GREED ... the supplier will look at ways to bleed us the consumer. Look at the nonsense stuff that is sold by top manufacturers ... accessories are a good way of seeing what is happening. XXX Brand top class Zip Locks (industry standard that is put into nicer small packages) or XXX Brand top class Epoxy Stirrers (ice cream sticks). This then drips down to Scale Warbird Trainer ... in Malaysia its the same. LHS will sell a trainer as a 1st plane and then a scale P51 for a second plane. Why? Greed and money ... its the same everywhere.

At our local field we always warn beginners to be careful of the LHS. We tell them to always go slow, fly your trainer like a pro then move on. Do not move on when the plane is still flying you ... some people think that when they can land a trainer then it means they can now buy a nice P51 to fly.