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This is their model for making money - turnover. If it was a balsa kit, it'd be a little less expensive to spit out a batch now and then, all you need is some balsa stock, a laser cutter, a data file and a box to put the cut parts in to. I could do this in my basement. But foam needs molds for the model and molds for the packaging, and industrial machines and people to run them all, and a whole damn process to spit out a few now and then. Not cost effective.
I'm sure they have some threshold and when sales of a model drop below that level for some amount of time they retire it. The good news is, they're likely to bring out something new that's even better. I don't see this as a problem. I see it as a good marketing strategy to keep me buying airplanes. |
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I hope for a cz zero or maybe a 5 bladed seafury
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I'd buy that.
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we need another mustang like we need another type of cancer...I would be overjoyed if the next one was not a us plane....
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I hope they do not discontinue it. I have 76 flights on mine in less then 6 months it is a fantastic plane. Maybe they are addressing the few issues like the flap hinges, lousy clevis and upgrade the retract wires.
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haha, they r waiting for a tariff to go into affect.
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When they discontinue guys its a sign of sales vs MOQ ( minimum order quantity) .
If a MOQ is 250 units and HH is selling 75 a year , then the MOQ is a three year supply . That is both a bad investment and a poor use of funds. I am sure the initial MOQs and reorders were good, howveer just like this thread is reallly gone dead , I am sure the sales have also gone dead on this plane. Our goal as hobbiest that want companies like HH to survive is be happy for them if they made a profit and communicate in a respectful manner the desire for more “realistic” planes in this size. Like some of you have stated , I would love to see a large Corsair or even an FW190 , both would pose some issues with retracts but I am sure they would sell . One of these days I will get to my 82” Foam cut Corsair and hopefully that will motivate Horizon |
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a carbon z zero would have easy retracts there.xd
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