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BEIJING EXPOSITION
This photo shows you the assortment of propellers that are being offered for the drone enthusiasts—from little to huge!
JCZK was showing their latest scale helicopter, which is patterned after a Schweizer 300. The main rotor is 360 mm and the tail rotor is 69 mm. The model uses a brushless motor and LiPo battery for power. It comes in an aluminum case.
is missing the market—if there were more, the economy of scale would lower prices for the consumers too, which then increases sales…. Other areas of the hobby were about the same as usual. The servo makers where there, as were the battery manufactures and the battery charger makers. Falcon propellers and a couple of others that make helicopter and drone blades were present. Hitec RCD had a nice booth
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as did Futaba® and FrSky. What was missing from this show, and has been for years, was those factories that make high-quality composite gliders and sailplanes. Sadly, most of the factories in China want to make 500 to 10,000 of everything. They aren’t motivated to build limited product runs of high-quality, high-performance airplanes, helicopters or gliders. If there are such factories, they are
not participating in the Beijing Expo, which is rather sad in that there are certainly consumers who will pay well for such models. Summary Analyzing this show concerning years past, it is apparent there is a change happening within the hobby, significant change! While it indeed appears American and USA consumers’ appetites for RC aircraft twitter.com/rcflyernews
