New Avios Mig 17 ?

[killickb]

How did you get $350 my screen says $396 ? Is there a discount code? Looks very nice and a very smooth flier in the hands of John. Way nicer than ANY of todays "brute force and ignorance" jets ! Now how do I convince the lady of the house that I NEED this one ?

[wolpertinger]

Just pulled the trigger and at $350 seems a bit low so now it's a wait and see on quality... I only wished that MRC would have done one but maybe an F9F Panther or Cougar would make a great treat...

[Twowingtj]

Price seems reasonable, for what it is. Liking the all metal retracts too.

[icepirate3]

Well now, it's in stock! Good job on that front for sure! Now lets see how it fairs in customers hands.

[JohnVH]

Get yours here! https://bit.ly/2YrDjqC
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Vids up, check this out!!

Second awesome flight

Maiden flight

Unboxing and assembly

[Ron1950]

https://www.facebook.com/HobbyKing/videos/2327096377603671/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARAvLc3qTbzuldNAsrwfPng5E5NXk_zOZIKEA0n6GG-vN2alDxdr11VkyGAIc1c4Zp1H0r2xKPVenN7J

[xviper]

There's a thread on it over on RCG. Will be a 90mm. It certainly looks nice but i'm pretty apprehensive. After the Avios/HK fiasco with the C-130 I would certainly not hold your breath for this to be available any time soon. That being said, maybe they learned from their mistakes. Personally, I won't come close to opening the pocket book until this has been out for a while. It's going to take a HUGE improvement for me to ever opt for a "V1" anything from Avios/HK after what I went through (and still going through) with the V1 Herc. This would certainly look nice flying around with a FW F-86 though!

I agree about the Herc. The V1 quality control was horrible. The whole marketing plan for it was indeed a fiasco and I believe that was due to the quality control issues. I am quite happy with the V2 but had I "held my breath" for it, I could have been a back-up member of the "Blue Man Group". I'm hoping they learned from that marketing mistake and it looks like they may have learned from the quality control Gong Show after the Herc episode. Their Grumman Albatross has been nearly flawless, which came out a bit after the Herc. The BushMule has been very good as well, but they had the SkyMule to learn from with that one. Maybe this new Mig will benefit from all the "schooling", maybe not. Again, holding your breath may be a miserable way to anticipate it.

[icepirate3]

There's a thread on it over on RCG. Will be a 90mm. It certainly looks nice but i'm pretty apprehensive. After the Avios/HK fiasco with the C-130 I would certainly not hold your breath for this to be available any time soon. That being said, maybe they learned from their mistakes. Personally, I won't come close to opening the pocket book until this has been out for a while. It's going to take a HUGE improvement for me to ever opt for a "V1" anything from Avios/HK after what I went through (and still going through) with the V1 Herc. This would certainly look nice flying around with a FW F-86 though!

[Twowingtj]

I was thinking the same thing. After I saw the ad, I went looking. Nowhere to be found. Hmmmmmm

[wolpertinger]

Did Hk just do the HH F4 pre release teaser advertising trick in Model Aviation Magazine?