RE: Customized Components
1) If given the opportunity to easily create custom components, at a reasonable price, would you be interested?
Yes
2) If so what components would most interest you?
Canopies, cowls, ??
3) If interested, would you be more likely to have your custom designed components made for you or simply have a mold made and kit given to yourself for you to make it?
Made for me. I can make the mold myself if I want to. I'm only going to buy if I dont have time.
4) Do you have CAD or drafting experience?
Yes
5) What kind of extra-ordinary or really interesting customizations have you previously seen?
List is too long. Mind just went blank.
6) For your own customized component, would you be willing to spend twice the cost of the same off the shelf component? What would you consider a reasonable price for having a custom component/mold made for you?
No, why spend twice the cost for something off the self.
7) Any other comments on customizing or helpful resources?
Metal work. But I do that myself too. Just speaking for others that might want it.
Last question: Has anyone seen any market data on the RC/model market? I have searched for hours on some of the biggest marketing data sites and have come up empty handed. Odd :/
Same comment as above.
RCers in general are a cheap lot of people. Thats the fun in building, taking something unrelated and making use of it on your plane. I would love to run across a mattel vacume former for little parts, and make a bigger one for canopies. I would be self sufficient then. Custom cowls are no problem.
Edwin