HobbyKing selling my stolen design for $40

[Charles Perdue]

Tom, I can help you draw up another set of plans of a rigger that I guarantee will not work. Let them copy and sell that one.

I even know someone that we could name it after. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Talking about PAYBACK!!!!!

Charles

 

[NITROSNIFER]

HK is not the only company selling these kind of kits. They appear all over the internet. I do like their prices on batteries. For those that do not race and just play around with electrics it is a great alternititve. However I hate seeing copies of known good products cloned and cheaply made. It does hurt the local hobby shops. 75% of all I buy still comes from my LHS.

 

[Ron Olson]

Tom, now you know how that guy feels who designed that flying hydro! He put the plans online and within 2 weeks the Chinese were pumping out really bad copies of it. The only good that came out of it was that Air Hogs hired him!

 

[TomMoorehouse]

he got hired by air hogs? really? thats cool!

 

[Ron Olson]

Yeah Tom. It makes you wonder where your big opportunity is at!

 

[MikeP]

Yeah Tom. It makes you wonder where your big opportunity is at!

Possibly Hobby King! Don't burn any bridges.

Mike

 

[Hammerhead]

Ni hao, Keyi bang ni ma? (Hello, May I help you?) in Chinese.

Tom, I think this will be the first Chinese phrase you will have to learn when Hobby King hires

you into the customer service department.

Just trying to help you out.

Marty

 

[Christopher Moore]

Ask HONDA small engines division if China cares if they copy something. China cloned the 6.5 hp engine, the 11hp engine, and the 13hp engine. An exact copy for 4 years before China was finally made to change the design. Think Harbor freight sold this clone 6.5 for $129 (down to $79.99 on sidewalk sale days) and Honda's retail is $329 for the engine. I can confirm the parts a 100% interchangeable and as reliable as the Honda. Really its kinda sad cause the Chinese don't give 2 hoots about copyrights. Good luck suing them also they don't recognize the rest of the worlds rights and law put into place to help control things like this.

I can also confirm the guy with the Flying Hydro I was one of the first to get the plans and build it before he got mad and pulled it down, then got hired on and designed a few AirHogs RC planes and what not before he got tired of there poo also.

 

[bermudadude]

umm thats a GENERIC hydro.if thats the case lets complain about a certain people copying the original pinkert coyote n callin it a r#%%$#% and then "everybody" copying that n calling them all sorts of names,most of em in the last few years been gassers .they all look identical but have flat bottoms and different cowls.but u always recognize the coner cut off sponsons. thats why the smart manufacturers have a new "version" every year-no different jus a slight "look" change on the deck that throws off the copy-cats. who gonna buy the copy of the "old" one wen a new one is out? just roll with the punches.