Originally posted by mshagg
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Regarding HH, that's one of the things that really p...es me off about them. From the beginning, they could have installed a decent set of fans in the SU-30 instead of their "hamster wheel" fans, but to save a few bucks on a $550 EDF they install fans that are barely acceptable, while FMS takes the same airframe and puts "proper" fans in and sells it elsewhere! The HH test flyers obviously could see these fans were at their limit, but they hype it up and let the consumers work out the problems. I have to at least give credit to MRC/FW/FL for upgrading virtually all of their EDF's with more powerful inrunners over the last year or so as their EDF technology advanced instead of leaving them as is or discontinuing them. They also offer those in ARF's that allow the customer to power their aircraft any way they want. I'm not happy about having to personally upgrade 6 of the FW 90mm's I have with the 12 blade inrunner, but I bought them when the outrunners were about the only option, and at least today they come with the 9 blade inrunner standard.
Remember when Alpha asked us about Inrunners vs Outrunners and was it worth it for us to pay a bit more? He asked, we answered, he listened, he did it! With the price of virtually everything spiraling out of control, I think many of us would still grudgingly pay a few bucks more to get it right then labor with a fairly expensive 'toy" that just doesn't make it! And the EDF was available from one of their partners. I'll bet you that HH will discontinue the SU-30 long before they bother to upgrade the fans and admit their error, another hugely annoying practice of theirs!
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