A newbies enthusiasm can quickly be destroyed by poor quality products and can lead to disillusionment of the hobby. If they receive good products they are more likely to continue in the hobby. Manufacturers that provide bad products are cutting their own throats if new hobbyists find they are forever encountering bad quality, easily broken purchases. They will soon say 'enuff is enuff'.
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Originally posted by Bill Wakeley Jr. View PostWhere is there any fun when you're waiting for parts, or better yet, told you'll have your parts at the end of June and here we are in August
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Originally posted by Bill Wakeley Jr. View PostChances are you'll start to see a bunch of complaints, the same ones over and over. Then you'll call them and they'll say they haven't "personally" viewed the paperwork to see the problem. So then they want you to send a bunch of pics and they'll call you back back in a week. They don't. So then they turn Mr. Pitbull loose on you. ( Surely a drill instructor from Parris Island. ) His job is to make you feel so stupid you can't explain the problem effectively. So that requires another call to HH and another hour on the phone With still no correction to the problem in the in the first case.
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Originally posted by xviper View PostSorry hear this, Bill, but I can understand. A couple of us who started when we were "older", almost quit several times due to the "misery of defeat". However, we supported each other and we continued till we got better and better. I must admit that I started with Horizon Hobby product from the local shop but mine was a much simpler plane - a Radian sailplane, simple rudder and elevator. The hobby shop support was quite good with this plane and we never suffered the aggravation of lack of parts when we needed it. As I progressed a little more, I went on and discovered HobbyKing and the huge selection of "easy to fly", cheap planes. The parts support wasn't too bad but I had to get used to waiting for stuff to get to me, which sometimes took weeks.
I've concluded that starting off with Horizon Hobby and your local hobby shop and not picking the right plane to learn on is a rough way to go. Even though they market the Kingfisher and Turbo Timber as "trainer" planes, if you are a complete novice, they aren't really that good. Sure, they look good and has eye appeal, but ............................. (you know the rest). They aren't really all that inexpensive nor are they truly (IMO) beginner planes. You can succeed with far cheaper planes that don't have all the trainer bells and whistles. They are of a size and weight that when you plow them in, they break too easily. A smaller, lighter or a more floaty, slower plane with less stuff to deal with (eg, ailerons) can develop confidence and skill with less frustration and cost. 2000 bucks (if that's not counting things like TX, RX and batteries) in your first year is a hellish price to pay for something that's supposed to be a fun hobby.
I may have started with my local hobby shop (and Horizon Hobby) but I didn't stay exclusively with them.
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Originally posted by Bandiferous93 View Post
You don't have any other models? That's why many of us have a hangar full of stuff to fly. One's down waiting on parts? Boo hoo... Fly something else. Better yet, have entirely different categories. I fly airplanes for a while and then I concentrate on helis or quads or weird VTOL stuff. Heck, I have enough UMX foamies that I could probably fly one every day for the better part of a month and not fly the same one twice. So one model becomes unflyable for whatever reason? Next!
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Alright folks, don't make me pull this car over. Please keep it civil.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by MikeT View Post
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Originally posted by MikeT View Post
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Originally posted by Bill Wakeley Jr. View Post
You know its guys like you that keep me from joining a club. You are a tumor. The kind that will back into your car in the parking lot and not tell you about it. I've got lots of planes. But putting out a bunch of money for a piece s**t isn't something an intelligent person would do. So, Mr Boo Hoo, why don't YOU go fly something else and leave the rest of us alone so we don't have to smell you.
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Originally posted by Bill Wakeley Jr. View PostYou know what, youre right. I won't let my attitude toward a couple of people infiltrate an otherwise informative and helpful website. If I don't like what you say then I'll move on to the next topic. There's no reason for me to start a crack in the foundation of a good website.
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They have been appropriately dealt with.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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