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03-04-2012, 07:23 AM | #21 (permalink) |
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We've been flying the Goblin for the last two weeks and no major issues. It flies quite well now that the vbar settings have been dialed in better. There's still room for improvement on the tail, especially with full pos and neg pyro pitch pumps and tictocs, but it's hopefully just a matter of tweaking the settings.
The cosmetics is just a value for money issue and if SAB replaces them I think clients will be happy. Re the main parts being the quality of a TDR, where did you read that? |
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03-04-2012, 08:24 AM | #22 (permalink) |
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My main shaft is hardly a cosmetic flaw. I'd love to fly it but oh yeah my swash plate and head doesn't fit on my main shaft. My friend and I are going to try and polish it down a few thousands today so I don't have to wait for main shafts in stock. Lucky me, I'd rather my boom was a little ragged.
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03-04-2012, 08:37 AM | #23 (permalink) | |
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03-04-2012, 01:05 PM | #24 (permalink) |
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Legendary, that's a difference of .00276 inches. That's a lot to polish off and keep it even over that distance. Do you have a lathe with which to polish this on? It's the only way that I can imagine that you can accomplish this on to keep it straight and not tapered. Let me know if you like me to take it to work and turn it for you. You know me. E-mail me.
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03-04-2012, 02:18 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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Hey Charlie, thanks for the offer but I'm a step ahead of you. Just got back from Tom's and we used his lathe to cut it down about .003" and polish it. Fortunately the shaft isn't hardened so it was easy to get a nice finish on it. Much smoother than the half SAB did cut to size. At least now I can continue with the build. I'll email you some pics when it's done.
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03-05-2012, 02:10 PM | #26 (permalink) |
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This is heart breaking to see so many quality issues with a $1k heli.
Hand made tail boom is not an excuse for uncontrollable quality. They should at least use a stencil for spray paint. If SAB is not up to the task, why don't they hire someone to do it professionally? For the price they are charging, outsourcing some job is not an issue. It is more like SAB rushes on orders and tests customers' tolerance level. Guruduck |
03-05-2012, 03:58 PM | #27 (permalink) |
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We are really talking about an $850 heli.
B/c it comes with blades. Besides the paint, the parts are nice. The drivetrain is very robust. If you wanted henseleit, Kasama etc attention to detail then you should have ponied up the extra $400!
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03-05-2012, 04:17 PM | #28 (permalink) | |
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Bert was right to say that he wanted them to wait a longer with regards to quality in one of the first threads about the Goblin
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03-05-2012, 04:18 PM | #29 (permalink) |
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Hey guys,
I dont know whats going on here, but it seems that PPL think that they have a thousand dollar airframe here or something. Let me break it down for you so you guys can understand somthing....You get Awesome Airframe with more advancements in design then any other helicopter on the market with an awesome finish, with the biggest piece of carbon as a boom witch I think is awesome, An awesome color scheme and yes it may need a little touchup but thats minor for 1000 dollars... So lets break it down its really simple" Main blades cost 140 dollars"-"Tail Blades cost 40 dollars" that brings the cost of your main blades and your tail blades to 180 dollars... Now Subtract I know this is hard to do for some ppl that dont like Math, but that brings the total Airframe to 820 dollars for the "AIRFRAME". So Yeah... there it is plain English... So for all you guys that think they can do better than 1000 for this kit with Blades plz call HD and ask them to take out the Main blades and Tail Blades, so you can say its an 820 dollar kit. Then go buy Main blades and tail blades to bring you back the stated price... Not to mention This is by far the best workmanship on every little metal part on this thing. I would gladely take some small cosmetic flaws on the boom or blades whatever to have a Helicopter that Blows aways my LOGO 600. |
03-05-2012, 04:24 PM | #30 (permalink) |
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If you do the conversion from £'s to $'s I have a $1000 airframe lol
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03-05-2012, 04:29 PM | #31 (permalink) | |
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03-05-2012, 04:41 PM | #32 (permalink) | |
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+1!! dont you just love getting rippd off in england : :\
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03-05-2012, 04:46 PM | #33 (permalink) |
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Why would you do that, either you live in the U.S, or you live in Europe witch you accordingly pay, unless you wanted to spend a whole bunch more money buying it in Europe and then shipping it over and that just on the person that wanted it a week before everybody else. You have to pay the piper in that case and you couldnt get me to spend that money.
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03-05-2012, 04:54 PM | #34 (permalink) | |
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03-05-2012, 05:12 PM | #35 (permalink) |
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We pay a sales tax if we buy it in the state we live in
Generally a 4-6% sales tax. If we buy it on line from a store in a different state, we do not pay sales tax. Luckily, I dont live in Florida or Massachusetts!(Ready Heli,Esprit and Helidirect)
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03-05-2012, 05:16 PM | #36 (permalink) |
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Just checked the Goblin-helicopter.com and I came up the with exact Euro price of Goblin 700 898Euro thats the deal take it or leave it. Thats how they price you got to Pay to Play and thats fine as you know how the Euro works against dollar and so forth Plz check your Currancy broker for the most up to date Exchange rate. Hope that helps. Just so you guys understand we dont exactly like to by buying Heinseliet from germany at our exchange rate but we still do it because its a Bad Ass heli.
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03-05-2012, 05:19 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
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am not moaning about the price i am still buying it its only 800 quid it think its not that bad since it includes the blades we were jsut stating tat we have to pay more over here in the uk and get ripped off buy the tax man haha
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03-05-2012, 05:29 PM | #38 (permalink) | |
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I've never seen a heli with such great alloy cnc work before. Ok, the paint isn't the best but I didn't press the buy button because of the paint job... The price is more than reasonable if you consider blades, canomod etc. I owned a TDR as well and the quality is hands down awesome but the price of the bare bone kit without blades etc is significant higher. You even have to stick the canopy yourself So ppl, please calm down. The Goblin isn't perfect but you gonna have a hard time to find a true alternative in regards to innovations, overall quality and, yes here I go again, PRICE! Mac on the move with Tapatalk |
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03-05-2012, 05:42 PM | #39 (permalink) |
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Its a simple as that Marlex +1
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03-05-2012, 06:12 PM | #40 (permalink) |
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Not that it's an excuse, but hello! We are early adopters. Grabbing the FIRST run of kits. If you've ever dealt with being the first of anything, especially from a tiny company, there are almost always issues.
Going from prototype to full production is a BIG DEAL. And a non-trivial exercise that requires tweaking over time. If you want perfect, then don't be the first in line. There is a reason we have V2 of everything on other models. Even from big manufacturers. So IMO, if you want to be first, you have to have some tolerance for some self correction and issues. If you've done any development yourself, you can really appreciate how impossible it is to get perfection on a reasonable schedule. My 2c. Last edited by OnTheSnap; 03-06-2012 at 07:04 AM.. |
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