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<DIV>I had the exact same problem with a ZN Line Alliance several years ago when the wing failed as well. It took 2 years to get a replacement kit from them and that was after I personally met and talked to JP Zardini at the TOC in 2001. My new ZN Synergy is flying now - and its a great flying plane too. See a pic of it at:</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://home.earthlink.net/~derekkoopowitz/norcal/norcal.html">http://home.earthlink.net/~derekkoopowitz/norcal/norcal.html</A><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Tony Stillman <TONY@RADIOSOUTHRC.COM><BR>Sent: Jan 9, 2004 7:38 AM <BR>To: discussion@nsrca.org <BR>Subject: Re: Pl Lazulite <BR><BR></DIV><XHTML><XHEAD><XMETA content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><XMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name="GENERATOR">
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matt:<BR><BR>That is the main reason that I designed (along with the help of Todd Blose) the new Panacea. I had a very similar story to that of Jim Woodward. Mine was not destroyed in shipping, but was a kit manufacturing error that caused a wing failure in flight, destroying my 40-flight old Excellence. At first, PL wanted to give me 10% off on a kit. After some discussion and complaining, they decided to give me another kit, but charged for the honeycomb add-on (which I had in the original airplane!) and $350 shipping charge. I was out a whole lot more than that, but it was the only way I would get ANYTHING out of the deal... Not the best way to deal with customers. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My new design is now available from PAC. Several are now flying it and are pleased.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Tony Stillman<BR>Radio South<BR>3702 N. Pace Blvd.<BR>Pensacola, FL 32505<BR>1-800-962-7802<BR><A href="http://www.radiosouthrc.com">www.radiosouthrc.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:28 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Jimbo that's terrible. I am sorry to hear that story. Money doesn't grow on trees.<BR><BR>With that in mind, one has to wonder why buy the Europeans when the American crop fly so well. <BR><BR>Did anyone else see the latest post on RCU in the pattern column? It was by none other than our reigning F3A National Champ re: the Focus 2. <BR><BR>And the Focus2 is only one of several excellent domestic offerings (Temptation, Aries, and Panacea come immediately to mind) with their domestic price tag. I don't get it. What's the catch? I bought one of these mega Euro planes two years ago and it flies great but not greater than these American planes. Sooooo, I ask again: WHAT'S THE CATCH?<BR><BR>Matt K<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>RE: Pl Lazulite </B><BR>Date:1/8/2004 10:50:56 AM Eastern Standard Time<BR>From:<A href="mailto:James.Woodward2@edwards.af.mil">James.Woodward2@edwards.af.mil</A><BR>Reply-to:<A href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR>To:<A href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><I>Sent from the Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>I ordered a PL Lazulite around last February. It arrived 4 months later<BR>than originally stated. The freight company charged another $90 in<BR>paperwork. The total was around $1800-$1900 for plane, shipping, and<BR>freight. Shipping was near $500. The fuselage was damaged. My attempts to<BR>get another were futile. After another gentleman went public on this list,<BR>PL reversed their position and decided to send another fuselage to me. The<BR>people who bring the kits into the US do us a HUGE favor. I will never<BR>order direct again.<BR>Jim W.<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: adriancwong@earthlink.net [mailto:adriancwong@earthlink.net] <BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:16 PM<BR>To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>Subject: RE: Pl Lazulite<BR><BR>I ordered a Partner directly from PL at the beginning of December, it cost<BR>me 1,054.00 euro (shipping extra). PL debited 50% on my credit card at 1.21<BR>exchange rate, and will debit the other 50% in April. If the exchange rate<BR>keeps going up and up, I might pay it off before taking delivery.<BR><BR>Import duty is relatively cheap. I paid around $40.00 for all the paper work<BR>between the forwarder and the U S Custom when I took delivery of my Angel's<BR>Shadow a year ago.<BR><BR>Adrian</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY><PRE>
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