jbeech
Ex rrAdvertiser
Location: Sanford, FL (Orlando area)
| Whitestone,
PM Hobbycraft, i.e. in Canada, have Tiger and Pantera parts in stock.
Stateside, Ron Lund's Heliproz South as well as A Main Hobbies both are major mail order dealers with parts in stock (other than ourselves).
Otherwise, expecting us to compete with the huge Chinese companies, i.e. Thunder Tiger or Align, well that's a entirely different kettle of fish. Frankly, we're doing the best we can - and are always open to new dealers - but we don't have their kinds of budgets, much less the number of sales people.
When I lived in the Panama Canal Zone, a situation similar to yours in that it was a couple of weeks away from parts, I found it worthwhile to keep a modest stock of parts, i.e the usual suspects (tail boom, spindle shaft, flybar, tail output shaft, seesaw arms, tail fins, landing gear legs, and radio platform). It's a habit I've never lost and to this day I keep a fair bit of inventory for every machine I own (largely for the convenience of making repairs on my schedule).
Anyway, I hope you reconsider, especially since you can purchase parts via PM Hobbycraft, which is just up the road from you in Calgary.
John Beech - GM (and janitor)
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