Royal Models - Large scale models

[Wayne]

Not sure we have a thread here for these models or not. If you have not seen our scale offerings, please do take a look, I think you will like what you see.

It is time to reorder these models and I have been chatting with Royal about a more slope oriented layup and happy to report that the do offer D-box and or full carbon wings for some of the models. I'll be ordering an ASW-28-18 with a 4 meter span in the full carbon wing and they will be adding flaps to the wing for us.

I'd love to have the little DG-1001 with the same treatment, but they are telling me they can't do flaps on that wing. Not sure why, guessing they are saying this as there is no servo pocket for them. I'll find out as I'd love this plane with some flaps.

Why flaps? We have some very small landing areas here and I want to ballast these planes up for some slope abuse.

So, anyone else interested in these? Trying to gauge interest for the order. If I order today we might have them by mid summer.

 

[Konrad]

Price point?

Love the 3 to 4 span scale ships. That is why I have a few Fly Fly and Tangent scale ships. The key point is how impressive they look against the 2 meter ships on the slope! To that end the low price of the new 4 meter Aeroic offering has cut the drive for a scale like ship out from under me. $2K for a carbon 4 meter place this at the impulse level. I think this makes it hard to even think of a foam core 4 meter as a viable model, or a slope ship. Heck a good 3 meter F3F ship is in the $2.5k range!

 

[Wayne]

The markup for the fancy versions is pretty reasonable IMHO. Looks like $200 to $300 price increase depending on the options on the model.

 

[Konrad]

The markup for the fancy versions is pretty reasonable IMHO. Looks like $200 to $300 price increase depending on the options on the model.

So a 25% to 33% mark up from the base line models. While this looks fair, with the direction I see the economy and hobby markets going I don't think these would actually sell. But on first read I think these would be a better value for the more discriminating hobbiest!

I've said it before I'll be buying less but of higher value. I know, I know I'm an outlier.

 

[thenated0g]

Will see if my wife grabs me one of these before our anniversary. If not ill probably get one before sunset.