They probably have a warehouse full of them with crushed left wings.
Ed Cregger
Got to say that I will probably never buy another Sig product EVEN THOUGH
> they finally did hook me up.
> I have bought items from some of the venders listed here but the most
> frustrating purchase problem I had was with Sig.
> Bought a Kadet Senior ARF thru my LHS. When I opened it up at home I noticed
> that the left wing had 3 busted ribs and the fuse was semi crushed. My LHS
> got hold of Sig and they promised a replacement wing and fuse. No problem so
> far! The replacement wing shows up (an entire wing, I only needed the left
> wing) and guess what? Left wing has 3 smashed ribs. LHS gets on the phone
> and they send out a second replacement wing. It arrives a week and a half
> later. 2 busted ribs in the left wing. By now I have already repaired the
> original wing but its now a matter of principle. He gets on the phone yet
> again and they promise another wing (replacement #3). Meanwhile the
> replacement fuse shows up and its smashed worse than the original. We had
> already determined that the damage to the wings was NOT shipping damage but
> due to the monkeys in the Sig warehouse being overly rambuncious with the
> tape gun when they bubble wrap the left wing. The left wing is the only one
> bubble wrapped, by the way and the only one that keeps arriving smashed. The
> right wings, unwrapped, are primo.
> I told Robin to tell these people that I give up and will never buy another
> Sig product. Meanwhile the 3rd replacement wing shows up. Well, the left
> wing is actually OK, but the right wing is virtually powdered.
> However, they DID send me an entire replacement kit that, somehow, is in
> perfect condition.
> You would think I would be happy (actually was) but my father also bought a
> KSA that had two cracked ribs (different LHS) and I just read the RCM review
> of the KSA and THEIRS has cracked ribs.
> WTF????
> I came out ahead I suppose (after two months of BS) but this sure says
> something about lack of quality control at Sig. How many times should it
> take to get something right?
> --
> Dan
> KE6ERB
> AMA605992
> I've heard the screams of the vegetables...
> > > >
> > >I have always bought my RC Supplies and Kit's from Tower Hobbies and have
> > >been extremely happy with the service. I was just wondering if there was
> > >another merchant like Tower out there that perhaps I have overlooked as > far
> > >as price and quality.
> > >
> >
> > Probably not (that'll likely spark a flame war). Tower didn't get to
> > be #1 by getting it _wrong_. There are other brands to be had which
> > BestRC/GPlanes/Tower doesn't handle, like Hangar 9, etc.
> >
> > The particular sources you use depends mostly on what supplies and
> > kits you buy : whether you limit yourself to kits, or get into
> > kit-bashing, or build from plans, or 'scratch' build where you spend
> > as much time drawing the plans as cutting wood. The scratch building
> > suppliers are a bit too specialized for the general kit-builder
> > population, though.
> >
> > Here are a few general suppliers I don't recall seeing in other > > replies :
> >
> >
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is Tower's 'little brother' under the
> > BestRC umbrella. Cheaper but has a smaller selection.
> >
> >
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is a good source for 'pattern' stuff. > >
> >
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has a large inventory as well, and
> > they're a bit more generalized than Central. They're in Canada, so
> > shipping might be a tad slower but that's offset by the price break. > >
> >
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(Dynamic Balsa) is a high-end, mainly-jets
> > source. Good cockpit kits, though.
> >
> >
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has an 'odd' site, but carry a good > > inventory.
> >
> >
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is another high-end supplier.
> >
> >
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(RAM Electronics)
> > supplies a very large selection of model-related electronic gizmos. > >
> >
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have lots of electronic items
> > and chargers.
> >
> >
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is an favorite for a lot of folks.
> > Cheers,
> > Fred McClellan
> > the dash plumber at mindspring dot com
> > AMA L180201
> > IMAA LM 090
> > NASA 6512
> > LHA 3
> >
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