Gazaur dying?

<3My480Pro · 06-22-2011, 04:59 PM

Is it just me or does it seems like the Gazaur brand is fading?

apollo7 · 06-23-2011, 04:50 AM

http://youtu.be/WCxBDDk4Y-M

http://www.alternativemedia.org/

good luck, and God bless.

benwhite22 · 06-23-2011, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apollo7

http://youtu.be/WCxBDDk4Y-M

http://www.alternativemedia.org/

good luck, and God bless.

Wow, thanks for staying on topic.

There seems to be quite a few people flying Gazaur helis, myself included and will probably do so until the parts support goes away. Every time I take my heli to a fun fly most people don't even know what it is...oh well I'm okay with that.

apollo7 · 06-23-2011, 02:35 PM

me too! i been hooked (on gazaur) for four + years now. still look at them every day, and fly them couple times a week. lots of enjoyment, thats for sure. never had such a beast. its more like a pet, than machine.

i would guess there are only a handfull of active gazaur pilots. that may be way the forum is slow. maybe were (gazaur pilots) well seasoned and don't have as many issue as less experienced pillots.

not to mention the heli is absolutly perfect!!

I would love to try one of the new scorpion ESC's with one of the 4s, or 6s motors. that would be sweet as honey. i imagine with governor around 80% there would be little to no bog, nor excessive heat. plus, the auto spool would be fun to try too. one can dream.

how's governor mode compare to deep V curve? anybody know?

<3My480Pro · 06-23-2011, 03:55 PM

I'm the only one around my area flying gazaur. Wanted to start a new breed of heli pilots but part support/price is chasing them away. After a few months I'm still the only one flying this thing

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praetorious · 06-23-2011, 08:02 PM

I'm the only person in an entire country who flies Gazaurs!

I don't know if they are dying or not. I have no idea how many Gazaur pilots are out there, but from the start this is a bird that really hasn't been well advertised. I first caught an ad for it on rcgroups, and had to hit the back button, and didn't see it on the refresh. I searched till I found it on hobby-lobby and bought my kits. Then hobby-lobby stopped stocking them years ago, and people thought that that was it for Gazaur, but mars480.com and another site were selling them. The rest is history.

I think that if there was some fantastic advertising there would be a lot more of them out there. In this economy, who wants to spend money on something they don't know that much about?

It doesn't really matter because like Ben said, we will keep flying until parts support runs out. Everything comes to an end. As long as Mars480 is still around I will keep flying my birds. After that, I will still keep flying. Besides, I modelled all the frames for my Mars and some other stuff in CAD. I will fly as long as I can afford to

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apollo7 · 06-24-2011, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by <3My480Pro

I'm the only one around my area flying gazaur. Wanted to start a new breed of heli pilots but part support/price is chasing them away. After a few months I'm still the only one flying this thing

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strange? i have never had an issue getting any parts like yesterday!! expensive? true a bit, but last face it, not everyone can afford the ferrari. you could always go back to your ex-trex-pro

apollo7 · 06-26-2011, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by <3My480Pro

Is it just me or does it seems like the Gazaur brand is fading?

I did misunderstand your question. I apologize for being so defensive. Its actually a great question. me bad. I think gazaur is struggling to stay afloat, and it breaks my heart. I hold high respect for Yuyu, and his crew for developing such a magnificent piece of work. It has given me VERY much pleasure, and enjoyment. I feel badly for them that their investment did not flourish as expected. I think the root cause is two fold. Firstly, HL got bent when gazaur did not give them the exclusive, and so that left sta services, and their one retailer mars480.cm. the second and main root cause i think was definitely the downward spiral of the economy. Lord knows that gazaur is only one of many businesses that are struggling.

Keep showing off your heli. their top notch, fly extraordinarily well, and draw lots of attention. I agree it sucks having only a couple of retailers, but a couple is better than none! Hopefully Gazaur can weather the strorm, and continue to offer its fruitful delights.

apollo7 · 06-26-2011, 12:04 PM

I see everyone is alive, and well. over a hundred veiws in a few days. cool! my gen. runs at full choke, but throttles up and dies on run. got some gumming problems. left it run for 5 minutes in the hopes in would clean itself out. not so lucky yet.

mars, and poseidon sit here waiting for some attention. maybe i forgot my troubles, and fly.

<3My480Pro · 06-26-2011, 04:37 PM

Yea I honestly think it’s a bad move getting disconnected with Hobby-Lobby. Now stasvc is also out of the running so that leaves Mars480 as the last and only supplier of the Gazaur product. Unless of course if you’re ordering direct from Gazaur. Like the newly discontinued Outrage G5, Gazaur needs more advertisement and desperately needs the attention at our local fields to spread awareness and to keep this brand afloat.

Honestly I love my Mars and I would hate to have to stop flying my <3 and sell her. I’m sure the hands full of us Gazaur owner feels the same and will try to be here to support the Gazaur brand until the end.

apollo7 · 06-26-2011, 05:18 PM

"Honestly I love my Mars and I would hate to have to stop flying my <3 and sell her. "

did you know? Poseidon is the girl "Ying", and mars is the boy "Yang. how cool is that?

crickr1 · 07-01-2011, 09:45 AM

Well hello Gazaur fans! I am waiting on used airframe i just picked up on HF. It will be my first build,so i am glad there are a few of you still around.Looks like an awesome heli!
I am a newbie but the reviews on Gazaur seem to be just what i am looking for. Stable ,solid and you can grow with it as skills grow. Looking forward to joining the family!

06-22-2011, 04:59 PM	#1
<3My480Pro Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Garden Grove, California	Gazaur dying? Is it just me or does it seems like the Gazaur brand is fading?

06-23-2011, 08:02 PM	#6
praetorious Registered Users My HF Map location Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Delft, The Netherlands	I'm the only person in an entire country who flies Gazaurs! I don't know if they are dying or not. I have no idea how many Gazaur pilots are out there, but from the start this is a bird that really hasn't been well advertised. I first caught an ad for it on rcgroups, and had to hit the back button, and didn't see it on the refresh. I searched till I found it on hobby-lobby and bought my kits. Then hobby-lobby stopped stocking them years ago, and people thought that that was it for Gazaur, but mars480.com and another site were selling them. The rest is history. I think that if there was some fantastic advertising there would be a lot more of them out there. In this economy, who wants to spend money on something they don't know that much about? It doesn't really matter because like Ben said, we will keep flying until parts support runs out. Everything comes to an end. As long as Mars480 is still around I will keep flying my birds. After that, I will still keep flying. Besides, I modelled all the frames for my Mars and some other stuff in CAD. I will fly as long as I can afford to . __________________ Kiss the Sky __________________ Gazaur Mars 480 XL, Gazaur Poseidon 480, Blade CPP+ DX7

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06-23-2011, 04:50 AM	#2
apollo7 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida	http://youtu.be/WCxBDDk4Y-M http://www.alternativemedia.org/ good luck, and God bless.

06-23-2011, 02:35 PM	#4
apollo7 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida	me too! i been hooked (on gazaur) for four + years now. still look at them every day, and fly them couple times a week. lots of enjoyment, thats for sure. never had such a beast. its more like a pet, than machine. i would guess there are only a handfull of active gazaur pilots. that may be way the forum is slow. maybe were (gazaur pilots) well seasoned and don't have as many issue as less experienced pillots. not to mention the heli is absolutly perfect!! I would love to try one of the new scorpion ESC's with one of the 4s, or 6s motors. that would be sweet as honey. i imagine with governor around 80% there would be little to no bog, nor excessive heat. plus, the auto spool would be fun to try too. one can dream. how's governor mode compare to deep V curve? anybody know?

06-23-2011, 03:55 PM	#5
<3My480Pro Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Garden Grove, California	I'm the only one around my area flying gazaur. Wanted to start a new breed of heli pilots but part support/price is chasing them away. After a few months I'm still the only one flying this thing .

06-26-2011, 12:04 PM	#9
apollo7 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida	I see everyone is alive, and well. over a hundred veiws in a few days. cool! my gen. runs at full choke, but throttles up and dies on run. got some gumming problems. left it run for 5 minutes in the hopes in would clean itself out. not so lucky yet. mars, and poseidon sit here waiting for some attention. maybe i forgot my troubles, and fly.

06-26-2011, 04:37 PM	#10
<3My480Pro Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Garden Grove, California	Yea I honestly think it’s a bad move getting disconnected with Hobby-Lobby. Now stasvc is also out of the running so that leaves Mars480 as the last and only supplier of the Gazaur product. Unless of course if you’re ordering direct from Gazaur. Like the newly discontinued Outrage G5, Gazaur needs more advertisement and desperately needs the attention at our local fields to spread awareness and to keep this brand afloat. Honestly I love my Mars and I would hate to have to stop flying my <3 and sell her. I’m sure the hands full of us Gazaur owner feels the same and will try to be here to support the Gazaur brand until the end.

06-26-2011, 05:18 PM	#11
apollo7 Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida	"Honestly I love my Mars and I would hate to have to stop flying my <3 and sell her. " did you know? Poseidon is the girl "Ying", and mars is the boy "Yang. how cool is that?

07-01-2011, 09:45 AM	#12
crickr1 Registered Users Join Date: May 2011 Location: New Jersey	Well hello Gazaur fans! I am waiting on used airframe i just picked up on HF. It will be my first build,so i am glad there are a few of you still around.Looks like an awesome heli! I am a newbie but the reviews on Gazaur seem to be just what i am looking for. Stable ,solid and you can grow with it as skills grow. Looking forward to joining the family!