Thanks Guys!
Jim, I completely forgot that people on RC Universe are usuall RC types! My goodness I am getting senile! Yes, I suppose they run engines dead lean on some horrible Coolpower fuel and then complain the engines are junk..........completely forgot about that mentality. You don't see many people like that in C/L.
Kenneth, I do agree about a lot of poor Q/C on Chinese products, compared to some of the CS and Indian Aurora products, the Wasp that I have is a gem, apart from carb and screws. It certainly bodes well for future 1/2A+ flying. Cox stuff is well made and I still run my Cox engines. I have a bit of a love hate relationship with the TDs and to some extent with the reedies (always seem to get stuck valve trouble, why me!). But they are a fine bunch on the whole and it is probably down to me or the brand of Castor I use.
Even the good engine manufacturers seem to suffer from bean counter problems, the backplate on the OS LA 46 for example. Most of us types replace it with metal at maybe $5-10 extra, but then I suppose we are a minority. The, "if it doesn't work then throw it away brigade" do not seem to value quality.
Regards,
Andrew.