Kentoby
Senior Heliman
Location: Seattle area
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I understand the price consern Spitfire 1 but ask yourself...Aside from the substantial marketing and endorsment payout that Align has, for all we know Align and the HK could be made at the same factory - much like the multi-badged TVs, DVD players, etc. made in China. Seriously, Align is cranking out thousands of copies daily, and at their labor rate, etc. do you really think a basic Align 500 kit costs $450??
With automated stamping and CNC machining, stock is fed in one end of a machine and out comes a completed product at the other end. Side frame costs what... pennies in material and energy, let alone the poor guy getting $9.00 a day to stock the machine. Think of it this way, more work goes into making and certifying a hardened precision aerospace .79 cent fastener than does machining an RC heli main shaft, but we would never pay $6.99 for a bolt like we do for the shaft. I believe advertising and paying endorment fees is where the our $$ go... and I can live with that. The ongoing Turnigy battery discussion is a prime example of what I'm attempting to say as well.
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.If the Trex 500 head parts fit this it should be a good flyer,just not a fan of the plastic head banging 3D.
