RE: Not even trying to hide
I will try to stick with the facts despite the above. The Fusion copy issue in Argentina started more than a year ago and I contacted both Hobby 10, Marcelo Zini, and Daniel Kerner of TMPro. No response from Gaston Luchini, the owner of Hobby 10 or Marcelo Zini. Daniel Kerner responded and sort of responded and said maybe some samples were sent to Argentina but his email was unclear as usual. When I contacted Hobby 10, Marcelo, and Daniel over a year ago regarding this issue, the webpages also mysteriously dissapeared within days. There's an interesting fact. The Illusion 90 is no kit built, it is exactly like the ARFs we are selling. You can tell by looking at the pictures of the Illusion in the sunlight and you can see the structure under the covering. There are distinct differences between the kit and the ARF. These are facts. Plus all the hardware on the Illusion is the same Chinese hardware on the ARFs. Don't think I've ever included that hardware in my kits......no, I'm sure I have not.
And for the record Daniel, OMP started down the ARF business long before you and TMPro came along or the Kats. And the Kats entered the states also before TMPro came along. From what I know the kats are a generic Chinese design. They do not belong to Accel Hobbies, OMP, nor TMPro. You are a broker for the kats. Now I will give you credit for doing some good things but my designs are 100% mine as they always have been. There was a referrence to Quinn Coldren's designs being stolen by you. In your defense I believe that was actually Accel Hobbies which redistributed those designs.
Sean, if you work for or have a relationship with TMPro (which you do) then perhaps you should include that in your tag line so there is no misunderstanding. We all want honesty here so include your affiliations to avoid hidden agendas.
The bottomline is this hobby world is too small to be stealing designs from other companies. Hobby 10 and Gaston Luchini need to contact OMP to resolve. Daniel, you need to make sure the factory you passed my designs to do not redistribute OMP products. Wasn't that what your job was, not to mention the right thing to do.