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12-29-2012, 02:57 PM | #41 (permalink) |
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customer is right
I am going to through my two cents worth in here. I purchased a g20 gasser because century seems to be the only game in town for gassers. I have have many problems due to the quality of century components. First the tail slider unit which is factory assembled came apart causing a crash with significant damage. repairs made. next while doing autorotations and i mean soft landings the second main rotor head cracked. repairs made. next one of the screws holding the fan backing plate backed out and ate the back side of the fan causing the ignition to fail due to the magnet coming apart. repairs made. next all metal tail slider unit showing excessive wear with only 10 flights since being installed. next all stock bearings have had to be replaced by boca bearings. stock bearings were rough and binding after only 6 flights. I have now replaced the main rotor head with an align trex 600 head. I am about to replace the stock tail rotor assembly with an align unit. I am an experienced builder and a very good mechanic but i have to say that century quality is terrible and the customer service is even worse. It takes many phone calls and most of the time no return call. parts are hard to get and shipping takes forever. i love my gasser and just wish someone with quality and customer service would get in the game.
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12-29-2012, 09:26 PM | #42 (permalink) |
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got my parts back and everything seems good so im happy. thanks for all the input and help. its too bad that century discontinued the predator line its my opinion that the predator is the best century heli. maybe it was too good
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12-29-2012, 09:32 PM | #43 (permalink) | |
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12-30-2012, 02:14 PM | #44 (permalink) |
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the Predator is still Alive.....
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Glad to hear all is well with the parts. can you tell us a bit of what Century did or replaced. As for the Predator... It's still Alive, Atleast in the " CONDOR " versions. I have placed orders in the pass weeks for two of my Predators and all has been well. I just converted my dad's Predator's to Condor state... I sure love those +30 minutes sport flights per tank....hehe |
12-30-2012, 05:15 PM | #45 (permalink) | |
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12-30-2012, 07:12 PM | #46 (permalink) | |
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12-30-2012, 07:47 PM | #47 (permalink) | |
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12-30-2012, 08:44 PM | #48 (permalink) |
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So much for Promoting gassers, huh?
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12-30-2012, 10:09 PM | #49 (permalink) |
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gassers are great! i started with electic helis once i got my first nitro i got rid of my electrics and had only nitros then slowly picking up gassers and now mainly fly my gassers. its kind of silly to compare each propulsion type cause they are all different good and bad in their own special way. but this is probably better in a different thread
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12-31-2012, 12:06 AM | #50 (permalink) |
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12-31-2012, 11:28 AM | #51 (permalink) | |
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Now that the new Radikal G30/V2 has just been released, along with the HWC 29 sized Zenoah modded engines, this will be all good news for the gasser community. Sometimes I wonder if Century would not be well served to have a forum fan boy like Raja, who regularly posts videos and threads promoting himself and his MA helis on so many gasser forums, and gasser threads in other forums related to them. But then the people may wonder if the promoting is for gassers or for oneself. I know a number of Century gasser gurus like Bill M, who certainly have the knowledge and even more flying skills, that could do so, but I also know that they all are not much for self promotion.
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12-31-2012, 05:04 PM | #52 (permalink) | |
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01-01-2013, 05:12 PM | #53 (permalink) | |
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Instead, talk about the product, what you like or what you don't like and keep it honest and real. I too once owned a Century Radikal G20 and had nothing but problems and terrible customer service at the time, so yes I agreed Amen to other options, I deserve the right to my own opinion just as you guys do. -=>Raja.
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01-01-2013, 05:17 PM | #54 (permalink) |
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I won't say I never had an issue with my G20 build but Phil and Dennis both took care of me. As far as the issues I have had similar issues with e-flite, and thunder tiger. So the problem of customer service is not just a century issue. It is prominent with all the brands I have owned.
Now with it being a new year let's just fly, have fun, and enjoy our expensive toys... Sent from my HTC One V using Tapatalk 2
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01-01-2013, 09:22 PM | #56 (permalink) | |
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01-01-2013, 10:05 PM | #57 (permalink) |
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Another thread devolving from the op and into fighting/arguing. Time to close the thread?
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