AT filing for chapter 11 - consequences?

Yes, but it's the headlight of an oncoming train.

AT is still in production, and apparently is in no immediate danger of going out of business. So eventually you should be able to get more of their small motors.

Easy MakeYour Own! I do

Ray you are as clueless about regs and bankruptcy as everything else.

Aerotech is holding on by a THIN string. They have to focus all resources on domestic PRODUCTION before they can reenter foreign markets with their low volumes and high costs. Giving this guy hope is VERY LIKELY false hope.

If you are in Canada, graduate to HPR (G,H,I,J) and fly CTI.

Jerry

Sad but likely true. The #7 train.

It's been my experience that when you've got customers crawling over each other to give you money and you can't take it, you're in serious trouble. I hope that Aerotech can pull this off. Certainly with some good management it can be done. But I'm not terribly optimistic. You are right on that they need to focus their production, both from a product and marketing standpoint. Right now they just need to get product on their retailer's shelves.

That, sir is a GOAL at both TRA and NAR and not particularly an "emphasis" at other clubs either.

Jerry

That's nice but unfortunately, as much as I love CTI motors (I'm level 2 Cert CAR and Level 1 TRA), most people in Canada fly low/mid power. It isn't everyone who can blow 30$CDN or more per flight on HPR motors. Also, it's alot more work to organise HPR launches than it is to get a monthly LPR launch done since there's alot of paperwork involved to do with transport canada to get an HPR launch off the ground.

In our club (a3maq), we're about 8 core members who do HPR. You can't really have a club and survive in our parts with that low number of flyers. We need low-power to make the club work.

I guess we'll have to make do. I hope a motor manufacturer (AMW/CTI) will consider going into the 24mm/29mm motor business.

Gwen and Jeff wrote:

Indeed.

- Yves