ORIGINAL: PlaneKrazee
ORIGINAL: robbinsp
I also have to wonder where your motivation came from to become involved in this thread. In your reply if you choose to we will further delaborate on this matter if you would like.
My motivation comes from not wanting to see a product spoken poorly of because someone didn't know how to hook up linkages for proper mechanical advantage. Your mentors should have told you about this.
I must grant that the major components are indeed top knotch and should not be spoken poorly of. The fuse, tailfeathers and wing are top knotch! That is why i am making my point that the hardware is -for the lack of a better word- chinsey. also it is inferrior to other arfs on the market in the price range. GP needs to step up to the plate here and realize that many moddlers who demand
performance (as this is a key marketing term) are throwing away the pushrods and replacing them. maybe they could produce an "upgrade kit" that includes carbon fiber gear, better pushrods, control horns, servo arms, etc... I
You must understand that i no longer expect a replacement, I have pleaded my case with hobby services, tower, and GP. I am now more motivated to help others avoid an end result such as mine. The hobby is under increasing scrutiny as far as safety goes.
Also I do grant your point about mechanical advantage. Alot of people do not understand it as well as others and need to be aware of this. It is a good thing that GP released the amendum. To bad i did not get it in my kit!
My argument simply put for clairification purposes:
1. The hardware is not up to par to the model's performance capabilities.
2. The airframe is marketed to compete in sales with other arfs that have far superior hardware already included.
3. Great Planes knows about this issue and does not care to do anything about it but throw in an amendum to cover their @$$.