belt cp parts shortage

[JOSE MUNIZ]

shops in my city carry few if any belt cp parts. on line shops always seem to be out of the stuff i need (i crash alot) and ordering one part and paying the insane frieght is well insane. im hoping someone may have a viable suggestion. :shock:

[tom dubya]

Ya it seems like if ones out there all out on some stuff. Here are a few that i use
http://www.ka-planes.com/home
http://slickzero.com/index.html shipping is only $1.95
http://store.rcsupersales.net/servlet/-strse-928/E-dsh-Sky-Belt-dsh-CP-RTF-Kit/Detailall orders $95 and up shipping is free
http://www.helidirect.com/
http://www.cnchelicopter.com/servlet/StoreFront Dierwolf's fav

There are definitely more those are just a few. Your lucky to have a lhs that supplies esky at all. Not one here in st.louis. Im lucky to have one that sells align stuff.

[zore]

I had orignally bought a blade cp pro because I felt it was important to be able to drive the 6 miles to the local hobby shop and get what I needed quickly. Unforunatly, this was often not the case. They seemed to be out of most everything most of the time so I ended up ordering mail order.

Living on the east coast, I found helidirect to be a great source of parts and info. I ordered my parts, they were generally shiped out the next day and I generally ahd them in 2 days. I had inquired on a belt conversion for the blade cp. Not a cheap conversion to make. They simply pointed to the Honey bee king II, stating it was far more cost effective.

Seeing as most of my parts get ordered from them now, local hobby shop support no longer matters.

[DierWolf]

Driving to a hobby shop now a days is very seldom.... They are usually overpriced as well, i would rather wait the couple extra days and get my stuff online...

I always order multiple of each item so i always have spares and re-order when they are about to run out.

I havent bought a part for any of my belts or brothers belts for quite some time now, and still have numerous spares left over...

Buying one one one one online costs more, its best to buy multiple so the shipping is lower and less frequent.

[tom dubya]

Ya i generally just go when i need something small. Like today needed to get a ball link sizer, of couse when i got there they were out of them. And i was really kickin myself for not putting them on my list when i just ordered new parts online the other day. :arggg: