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General => Main Helicopter Discussion => Topic started by: KevinM on January 11, 2013, 10:08:43 AM

Title: Heli Sizes??
Post by: KevinM on January 11, 2013, 10:08:43 AM
I know Synergy is trying to catch up to the high demand of the new E5 (which I will be buying!!),  but is there talk about even smaller sizes or keeping up with the 800 class trend?  Hopefully it will be a ground up 800 not a upgrade with bigger boom.  Just wondering what's the next step for synergy (other than the TT upgrade N5c)?? :)  This E7 has made me a total fanboy!


KevinM
Title: Re: Heli Sizes??
Post by: Chris Sexton on January 11, 2013, 10:23:42 AM
Well Matt is always tinkering something together in the off season, but I don't think there is an official list of projects. We generally find out about them as he is completing the first prototype. Matt likes to keep things to himself until they are ready.

I am sure there are more models tucked in his brain somewhere waiting their turn :)
Title: Re: Heli Sizes??
Post by: KevinM on January 11, 2013, 10:33:37 AM
Well I certainly think that every vendor learned a valuable lesson in the Avant Aurora E catastrophe!  But I agree Im sure Matt has something up his sleeve! :)
Title: Re: Heli Sizes??
Post by: curmudgeon on January 11, 2013, 11:11:05 AM
What is the Avant Aurora E catastrophe?  Just curious.
Title: Re: Heli Sizes??
Post by: KevinM on January 11, 2013, 11:51:27 AM
Oh boy, hope I didnt open a can O' worms. Basically, I think it was 2009 and the Aurora E 90 was unveiled at IRCHA with the expectation per Avant that it would be released 3 mths later...then 2010 came and no word, it was causing forum meltdowns of folks getting absolutley angry. I'm not sure how many expected dates Avant claimed the release but another IRCHA came around and no Aurora E ...So infumed prospects went with other brands. Finally it was released not sure the date but the damage was done, so many ppl were angry at the broken promises of release dates.  Stones were thrown from both sides, unfortunate situation.  The Avant 50/55 was in prototype stages (I heard) and being tested and no word on it at all.. Avant made a stand and posted on their site that there would be no news until the 50/55 had almost reached or was in production, but it had such a strong tone to the msg due to the 90E situation that eventually Avant was pushed to the back of the line(IMO).  Talk of a 50/55 was back in 2011 I think.   So I understand if Matt keeps everything hush hush until there is definitly something to talk about! 

...but I was just curious and impatient cause I'm excited about synergy products!!

KevinM
Title: Re: Heli Sizes??
Post by: Kevin Feil on January 13, 2013, 11:44:33 PM
there are of issues that have caused Avant alot of Heartache. It is a great flying machine, Unfortunately the Owner is a bit on the cocky side and lets just say "hasn't made good on alot of debts" He basically ran out of Machine Shops over seas who were willing to work with him anymore due to not paying the shops for services rendered. He alone has screwed himself out of a good thing. Look at the Rigid Core FBL HEAD, Hell my buddy Marcus Kim was flying that in the middle of 2010. When did that finally come out? lol. And better yet (When you most Senior Avant Pilot cannot even get parts,) Why do you think he jumped to Align. The Best thing I ever did was sell my Avants, And quite frankly the N9 when Set up with all the Upgrades, was the best flying 700 series hands down.. I don't do Egos very well and I refuse to support anyone with one!! It was an easy decision when the opportunity came along to be a part of the Best thing in Town. I have sat at the dinner table with a few reps of the other manufactures in 2010 listening to them talk about Synergy and how they didn't think Synergy much less Matt had enough to bring it back as a contender much less have staying power and be viable.. Well I have to say I still talk to these guys and they are friends of mine and Boy do they sing a different tune... Great Stuff!!!  In closing you are absolutely correct in Matt keeping things very close to his chest!!! The Guy is Smart like that!! He knows better than anyone, the Game as well as the rules at which the others play by. Understand this, There is always a Method to the Madness in which he does things, And i have found myself chomping at the bit wondering when the next Best thing was going to drop. And as time went on understood why he is so tight lipped. I was lucky to see the first drawing of the E5 New Years Eve night last year( I guess my Military Top Secret Clearance Helped Out)  ;D, Matt had just finished the renditions. I also had the pleasure of seeing it fly first, At my field, Our club members never put 2 and 2 together to realize that he was flying the prototypes of the new helis he designed. The N5c,E6 soon stretched to the E7, and then the E5. And Yes alot of time passed until pre-production as well as production kits came out, and what I have learned through the Births of the N5c/E6/E7/Rail Blades and the long overdue E5 is that He isn't going to drop anything unless it is "PERFECT". His Idea of perfect and Our idea of perfect are worlds apart. He would wait forever to come out with a kit before he would sacrifice Quality!! And that is the difference between him and what makes Synergy and Rail Blades Simply Choice! And like the old saying goes, "Good Things come to those who wait PATIENTLY" ! ;)  And Kevin M, it's excitement like yours and ours that keeps those wheels spinning in his head that keeps him coming up with the next best thing the industry has seen. And No you didn't open a can of Worms, That is the beauty of this forum... We can talk in confidence.

Best Regards,

Kevin