Doc J
Very Strong User
Hi Guys,
just wanted to let you know that despite the adverse situation we are trying hard to keep going and most of all to keep improving.
As some, if not all of you know, I fired my previous manufacturer because of construction quality problems as after 8 years he had decided that he knew more about how to make models than I did. The quality was becoming really unstable with some parts overweight and others not adequate.
This problem became so severe that I had all the models shipped to Taiwan for inspection first before releasing them and many were rejected. Unfortunately, before that, a few did get though. In fact still have a bunch of rejected models (19 actually) here in Taiwan that I will never sell, and as I'm moving my studio, they will soon have to be destroyed - not a nice job. Anyway that manufacturer is gone now though he still produces and tries to sell my models.
A warning here - honestly guys - buy these rip offs at your own risk.
As you guys know - I too am a modeller and flyer and I am not in this for the money because there aint none! - how could there be when I am out over 68K US$ due to stolen moulds and lost business. Believe it or not I do it because it gives me GREAT pleasure to see you Guys flying and having FUN with my planes - which is what it all should be about.
So naturally I wanted to start on a firmer footing with the new guy - the same person who makes the Dynamics actually - and I wanted to get all the "rules" very clear before going ahead with any mass production. To do this we did a lot of testing to ultimate destruction of some of the old models (made by the previous guy) and the new ones made by the new guy
OK - Since I had heard that a few of the older fuselages, (part of an uininspected shipment that went to the USA 18 months ago) were sometimes a bit suspect, we started with the fuselages:
23.6Kg load - bend = 22.5mm
Load = 35.5Kg the fuselage broke.
Catastrophic failure
Ok so now to the new fuselage:
Load = 35.5Kg - Bend = 6mm
Load = 35.5Kg - Bend = 6mm
Tested to 50.7 Kg - no breakage.
Weight difference = Old Fuse 232 Vs New Fuse = 258
just wanted to let you know that despite the adverse situation we are trying hard to keep going and most of all to keep improving.
As some, if not all of you know, I fired my previous manufacturer because of construction quality problems as after 8 years he had decided that he knew more about how to make models than I did. The quality was becoming really unstable with some parts overweight and others not adequate.
This problem became so severe that I had all the models shipped to Taiwan for inspection first before releasing them and many were rejected. Unfortunately, before that, a few did get though. In fact still have a bunch of rejected models (19 actually) here in Taiwan that I will never sell, and as I'm moving my studio, they will soon have to be destroyed - not a nice job. Anyway that manufacturer is gone now though he still produces and tries to sell my models.
A warning here - honestly guys - buy these rip offs at your own risk.
As you guys know - I too am a modeller and flyer and I am not in this for the money because there aint none! - how could there be when I am out over 68K US$ due to stolen moulds and lost business. Believe it or not I do it because it gives me GREAT pleasure to see you Guys flying and having FUN with my planes - which is what it all should be about.
So naturally I wanted to start on a firmer footing with the new guy - the same person who makes the Dynamics actually - and I wanted to get all the "rules" very clear before going ahead with any mass production. To do this we did a lot of testing to ultimate destruction of some of the old models (made by the previous guy) and the new ones made by the new guy
OK - Since I had heard that a few of the older fuselages, (part of an uininspected shipment that went to the USA 18 months ago) were sometimes a bit suspect, we started with the fuselages:
23.6Kg load - bend = 22.5mm
Load = 35.5Kg the fuselage broke.
Catastrophic failure
Ok so now to the new fuselage:
Load = 35.5Kg - Bend = 6mm
Load = 35.5Kg - Bend = 6mm
Tested to 50.7 Kg - no breakage.
Weight difference = Old Fuse 232 Vs New Fuse = 258
