ORIGINAL: aaxiss
Tom, why the price difference between the red/yel, blue/wht & honda 50cc Sukhois? It can't be licensing cause the graphics package is another $50 . what makes this plane cost more?
The pricing of the Sukhois has been all over the board because of variations in cost from several different batches. Some were pre-hinged and others not. Some came with wing bags and others not. The early ones were 85" span, others 87". Etc.
This is now in the past, we are completely sold out so all planes in the future will be of the same variety.
The new planes will all be fast-build with pre-hinged surfaces, canopy already attached, and firewalls marked correctly with engine centerline so the ply templates can be used to quickly locate and mount the engine.
One exception to this, we have 9 planes still in China left over from the previous batch that would not fit in the container, all Honda base scheme.
In an effort to keep costs down we have dropped the standard wing bags, but they will still be available as an option.
I try to give the most "bang for the buck" and I usually avoid packaged pricing that forces the customer to buy a bunch of stuff that he doesn't want or need, so as I adjust what goes into a plane my costs change and I need to change the prices. I'm sorry if it has been confusing, mabe it will straighten out soon.
TF