“Internal changes to increase their own efficiencies should be explored extensively. Product offerings and demand for them should be reviewed as well, in my view, including the areas of sales volume and the profit generated in those areas. Were I a motor manufacturer, which I am not, I'd be knee deep in that analysis now.”
We’ve been able to stay in business for over 40 years, do you not think that we are already doing all those things, and have been on a regular basis? Again, the example that I presented earlier shows that at least for some motors, we have researched and applied more efficient methodologies and materials that allow us to price products significantly below the historical inflation factors over time.
These type of comments have been made over the decades of previous price increases. Yet the hobby is still growing.
My recommendation to those who find themselves not able to afford their previous level of participation in the hobby due to inflationary pressure, is to fly fewer motors, fly smaller motors, make their own, or a combination of all these approaches. I’m not trying to sound harsh but that is the reality of and a practical response to the situation.