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Old 04-28-2008 | 01:22 PM
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Default RE: is this a good price for .40 trainer?


ORIGINAL: fozjared

not to direct you away from tower, they have wonderful products and i use them often, just not for planes.. i am in college and try to find the best deal available, and i think that i have done so at texasrcplanes.com.. they have a several trainers one of which i know to be the best trainer i have ever seen! i will include the link to this particular trainer, if you are posting a thread about a good price, then i assume that you are looking to save a little money, so here is a wonderful balsa arf trainer that you can use your spektrum radio with and save some money in the process.

http://texasrcplanes.com/explorer.html
a great trainer for the price that can carry you on to be your second plane on high rates!
The trainer you linked to in ARF form is $69.99. The Tower Trainer in ARF form is $64.99: http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/towa1110.html . For grins, I also checked out shipping rates. Texas R/C wants $16.53 to ship to me, while Tower charges a flat rate of $7.99. I'm curious where the saving is? Also, how's the spare parts availability for the stuff from Texas R/C? Replacement parts typically in stock at Tower include wings, fuse, tail set, landing gear, etc.

or if you just want a good trainer for even less money:
http://texasrcplanes.com/arftr.html
Less money? The shipping charge on that one went up to $21.21, which makes it $7.23 more than the Tower trainer, and that doesn't even factor in having to factor in an additional shipment, assuming that the OP decides to buy online versus from a local shop, for a radio, engine, and all the other misc things one needs.