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Post by Burkeomatic on Jul 28, 2023 0:48:59 GMT
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?4386293-Flite-Test-EZ-Remote-Identification-Announcement%21Looks like it is going to be $110 or so. Will not be buying. Spektrum announced theirs too, for around the same price. Won't be buying that either. Why are all of these $100? A ESP32 is $8 and arrives to my house next day. A gps module is $10-20 depending on where you get it.... what gives? It is enough we are expected to comply, now manufacturers are gouging us too. I'm still not buying one until they come down to about $20 or so, then I will just use it on select planes, just "enough" to say I would be using it.
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Post by ratcheeroo on Jul 28, 2023 8:47:28 GMT
Yea I saw that and was like WTF?!?! Corporate greed is alive and well. I watched a Tim McKay video where he talked about an RID module that cost around $40 and I thought well thats a bit pricey but not too bad. yep at $110 they are going to get a lot of people to comply, not. In my mind FT is saying we will fight regulation with the FTCA but in the meantime we'll take your money, which in essence says to me that the fight is over. If anything I was expecting them to come out with something that was affordable yet allowed the average Joe to be able to afford the hobby. Hi, we sell plane kits that are cheap and easy for you to get into the hobby, and for 110 dollars more we will sell you an RID module so that you can fly that plane legally. Package that and try to market it.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jul 28, 2023 21:38:07 GMT
Yea I saw that and was like WTF?!?! Corporate greed is alive and well. I watched a Tim McKay video where he talked about an RID module that cost around $40 and I thought well thats a bit pricey but not too bad. yep at $110 they are going to get a lot of people to comply, not. In my mind FT is saying we will fight regulation with the FTCA but in the meantime we'll take your money, which in essence says to me that the fight is over. If anything I was expecting them to come out with something that was affordable yet allowed the average Joe to be able to afford the hobby. Hi, we sell plane kits that are cheap and easy for you to get into the hobby, and for 110 dollars more we will sell you an RID module so that you can fly that plane legally. Package that and try to market it. Have you looked at their electronics? It is like $85 for a c pack with 4 servos. I can buy a cobra motor, hobbywing esc, and metal gear servos for that. The cheapo orange motor (which is perfectly adequate for ft planes) shady aliexpress 40a esc that never seems to break and plastic servos are fine. Buying their "get started pack" is the same price as buying a rtf plane. Defeats the purpose of FT if you ask me.I tried to give some leniency because at the end of the day they are good for the hobby and the reason I am back in it, but geez. Oh, and let's alienate the people who can actually spend money in the store while we're at it. |
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