Sometimes, supplier changes aren't for reasons of price or profit margin.
To help ease the sticker shock, have the newbs consider that one fiberglass kit will last for a few months of building and years and years of flying. I still have my first one. Amortized over 10 years and 14 flights (not to mention the 3 Ks, 5 Ls, and 6 M motors that have been through it so far), a $290 Wildman Competitor 4 is a pretty good deal.
If it's still too spendy, turn them towards cardboard or phenolic kits, and have them learn the ways of laminating if they're getting too beat up. Paper-based kits work just fine, too, at least for setting the hook And 10 years ago, it's how everyone started. Recall what a Dynacom Scorpion used to cost and compare that with the current price of a Wildman Extreme or a Madcow Frenzy XL. We're living in a time of cheap glass!
Regardless, congrats to Wildman on finding another person who can do the small volume stuff for us at a good price. That's a tremendous feat!
To help ease the sticker shock, have the newbs consider that one fiberglass kit will last for a few months of building and years and years of flying. I still have my first one. Amortized over 10 years and 14 flights (not to mention the 3 Ks, 5 Ls, and 6 M motors that have been through it so far), a $290 Wildman Competitor 4 is a pretty good deal.
If it's still too spendy, turn them towards cardboard or phenolic kits, and have them learn the ways of laminating if they're getting too beat up. Paper-based kits work just fine, too, at least for setting the hook And 10 years ago, it's how everyone started. Recall what a Dynacom Scorpion used to cost and compare that with the current price of a Wildman Extreme or a Madcow Frenzy XL. We're living in a time of cheap glass!
Regardless, congrats to Wildman on finding another person who can do the small volume stuff for us at a good price. That's a tremendous feat!