Hi Steve,

I was working there in 1993 - 1995. It wasn't until late in my sentence (felt like one.. lol) that I met a guy who worked for Otis and he was putting together a trainer in his hotel room. He had never flown RC before and he asked me to test fly it. We went out to an area where people flew. I'm not sure it was an official field or not but it was next to an old hanger with a big concrete slab out the front and fruit orchards in the surrounding area. There were a few people there and if memory serves me correctly, an F3A ship was there. We flew the trainer for a few flights and then decided to do a few basic aerobatics (loops etc) and the wings folded. I don't think he had the fibreglass bandage on the centre section from memory. The guy that took us out to the field was named Mr Chen. He apparently worked in a factory that made models including RC blimps.

That was my only contact with the local RC scene unfortunately. It surprised me that the locals were able to afford to fly RC... At the time, the ARF industry was only just starting to get going in China.

Do you have a website or details of the models you're importing?

Cheers
Jason.