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Post by supercub1 on Jan 25, 2018 20:56:13 GMT 1
Hello there , i think it is all about" FUN", if somebody is getting some,the government must either tax it or take it away  |
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Post by hghost on Jan 25, 2018 22:15:25 GMT 1
Hello there , i think it is all about" FUN", if somebody is getting some,the government must either tax it or take it away enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure. but the Government defines that as TAXES.....  |
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Post by supercub1 on Jan 25, 2018 23:27:17 GMT 1
I hear Hobbico has gone belly up, not good , if the big boys are having trouble we will all end up buying straight from China. if Hobbico is in trouble does that mean parkzone as well, because they both come out of Champagne Illinois
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Post by hghost on Jan 26, 2018 0:10:43 GMT 1
I hear Hobbico has gone belly up, not good , if the big boys are having trouble we will all end up buying straight from China. if Hobbico is in trouble does that mean parkzone as well, because they both come out of Champagne Illinois Hobbico, Inc. headquarters is located in Champaign, Illinois and is a manufacturer and distributor of hobby products including radio control airplanes, boats, cars, helicopters and multirotors/drones. Other products include plastic model kits, model rockets, model trains, slot cars, crafts, jigsaw puzzles and games. The company has approximately 850 employees worldwide.[1]. On January 10, 2018, Hobbico filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced the company is for sale. The company distributes over 150 brands of hobby products including about 30 proprietary product brands. Proprietary brands include: Axial, ARRMA, Dromida, Team Durango, dBoots, Revell, Monogram, Top Flite, Great Planes, AquaCraft Models, FlightPower, Heli-Max, SuperTigre, O'Donnell Fuel, Duratrax, RealFlight, MonoKote, Carl Goldberg Products, ElectriFly, Coverite, Dynaflite, Flyzone, MuchMore Racing, LiFeSource, Tactic, VS Tank, Estes Industries, Proto-X, TrakPower and others. It is the exclusive distributor for Futaba radio control products in North and South America, for O.S. Engines in North America and HPI Racing, Italeri, Novak Electronics and Nine Eagles in North and South America. that ties them to a lot of other companies who sell and stock those products....wonder how many other companies will have to follow suit because of Hobbico ? Terrible to hear  |
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Post by supercub1 on Jan 26, 2018 17:13:41 GMT 1
It looks like the only thing safe from Chinese, manufacturing is the coffins they put us in, oh wait a minute "when my bert passed on ,we add one of them coffins from the far east, you know where the tea used to come from. well they quoted 28 working days not including the weekends of course, we add to put my bert in the chest freezer, the vicar was very good e said there was no rush as bert was already gawn god bless im. well when it arrived the coffin didnt look anything like the brochure,mind you it was one of them artb things ,you know "almost ready to bury", there was still a bit of assembly to do but they sent us a niffty little screwdriver ,trouble is it wasnt quite the right size,the instructions where in chinglish , and opening the bag of goodies revealed that not all the screws where there but we made do, on looking inside the main box we found one of the main crossmembers ,was loose and had to be epoxy,d in .anyway bert did look peaceful in the end we decided to pack him round with the frozen peas from the freezer after all we coudl,nt bring ourselves to eat them, anyway all the best  |
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Post by hghost on Jan 26, 2018 20:04:50 GMT 1
LOL....
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Post by supercub1 on Jan 27, 2018 10:43:45 GMT 1
Just getting back to Hobbico, thats a hell of a lot of products ,mostly from China the producers over there wont stand idle, i wonder if they will find another distributor , am i right in thinking Horrizon hobby is now owned by Stafanbuel ,a modelling company in Germany.when you think about it if we all went back to making our planes with balsa wood, firstl you need a supply of the stuff,hobbycraft sells it over here,quite dear though, then you need plans unless you are very skilled at design and wing geometry, then of course you have to dig out the ancillaries ,any thing from pushrods and clevises ,esc ,motor, servos, covering irons ,and the covering itself , then what happens if you misjudge the amount of covering you need, no local shop around, another 6wks from China. and because this is not a growth sector of the hobby, it is no longer the cheaper option, it costs more to make one from scratch. chris
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Post by hghost on Jan 27, 2018 23:37:11 GMT 1
December 9, 2013, Horizon announced that the company was being bought by a group of investors led by Horizon's CEO, Joe Ambrose. The group includes Minneapolis-based Mill City Capital L.P. and Champaign-based Armory Capital LLC founded by Jacob Ambrose.
Global Websites. North America / HorizonHobby.com · United Kingdom / HorizonHobby.co.uk · Germany & Europe / HorizonHobby.de · China & Asia. © 2018 - Horizon Hobby LLC.
there are still several Balsa companies about...balsausa.com being one
I use to build a lot...and never had real success in flying....always ended up watching balsa shatter, broke my heart
I stopped trying to fly for decades . Still built some .
Just got back in this hobby a few years ago, it was far different than i remembered
But now with all these foam and technology and electric etc etc....flying is much easier it seems
Like the Cub it is like a tank, Had I even landed a balsa plane as hard as I have the Cub a few times
it would have broke...lol
But yeah WAY More expensive to build now days versus buying
I do not think I would be able to build today , I really don't
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Post by supercub1 on Jan 29, 2018 11:19:09 GMT 1
It is sad , i tried to build from balsa ,but i think it was too soon in my flying journey, i think even if the airframes where perfect i would still have crashed them. then i discovered ARTF models by seagull,i had 2 super decathlons,both went in,and a spacewalker 2, i was flying in a field about 6mls away for years,having the odd crash there that ended my balsa craze. it wasnt untill later with the supercub that i realized that the local fire brigade station was the other side of the field with a dirty great antenna interfering with my signal ,at the time i was able to buy the decathlon and a spacewalker ep for£50 each from a shopabout 20 mls away ,long gone now Moor Models it was called,it was a right little Alladdins cave . i have great respect for the modellers who spend thousands of hours ,and no little expense in creating planes for the large model displays, everyone of them hand crafted ,sometimes the only flying exhibit of a plane long since gone ,these planes cost thousands to make, what with their duplication of radio equipment and failsafes for safety , when these modellers go who will replace them. Chris
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Post by hghost on Jan 29, 2018 20:56:23 GMT 1
I had a few old models hanging in an old out building decaying away The One J-3 Cub I still have...needs repaired and all it's electronics and new covering had an old can motor with a toggle switch  |
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Post by supercub1 on Jan 30, 2018 12:15:47 GMT 1
Looks like the Airframe still has potential ,all the bits are there might be worth a brushless and new servos, plus covering of course ,you could give it a whole new lease of life
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Post by hghost on Jan 30, 2018 21:34:29 GMT 1
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Post by supercub1 on Jan 31, 2018 9:54:17 GMT 1
This quad do-sent ship to UK ,looks a decent amount of kit supplied with it,i like the battery's ,not propriety so can be charged on normal charger. and to get SD card and reader as well ,on looks i still prefer the XKX300 that the saylors reviewed earlier, but i dont like the batts on that one, plus the fact that you cant get it over here as well. one we see a lot ,of over here is the HubsanX4 fpv drone at about £200 ,the fast little quad in my vid was a hubsan
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Post by hghost on Feb 1, 2018 4:44:06 GMT 1
I like how they call them Toys
and yet over here you have to register with the FAA to fly one...lol
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Post by supercub1 on Feb 1, 2018 12:36:05 GMT 1
To be honest i think it is probably difficult for the government types, to differentiate between the toy grade indoor jobs,and the professional set ups . i mean even the cheap ones have "cams"on if a kid makes a nuisance of himself taking photos of the neighbors in the garden its an invasion of privacy, you can do that with a basic" cam drone". the professional set ups have risk assessments and insurance and certification, of course there is a big void in between ,as you know even with a camera on a plane ,once you have pictured the field a few times the interest rubs off ,with the planes we are restricted to the field, but the drones will roam around to find something interesting to film , this is where they get into trouble if you see a sign on a gate saying private property ,you stay away, but from the air its a different story ,very easy to end up overflying a sensitive area ,even over farmers fields if the cows are in calf for instance ,easily spooked by a noisy drone .i would not like the job of separating the differences between sport camera drone flyers and irresponsible idiots.and of course if you are registered with a flying body Bmfa ,or CMA or something you are an immediate target for the police
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