GoFlight Boards?

[No Longer Active]

Just out of a matter of interest, is it true to say that GoFlight no longer sell their circuit boards such as the GF166 and parts such as displays on board, encoder or board etc etc etc....

Just cant find anything on their website, I know they used to!

Cheers,

Alex

[Matt Olieman]

I can't find it either... too bad. :(

I used a G166 and tore it apart to make my radio, LOL. Swore I would never do that again. Took me two days, LOL.

Matt Olieman

[JBaymore]

If that is true... it's some bad news. :cry:

best,

.................john

[N242AM]

It sure looks like it. I see no reference to the RMKs on their site.

Actually this will make the second time GF stopped selling the RMKs. May need to cal them and ask why.

[N242AM]

A search found this site selling RMK boards:

http://www.fspilotshop.com/index.php?cPath=1_49

Europe based?

[Joe Cygan]

Get hold of Mitch at Go flight and ask for these remote kits and he will have is father build them for you. Make sure you have payment information and your shipping address ready at hand to make this as easy as possible for Mitch. I deal with these remotes all the time and they are the way to go.

As you can see I always have a drawer full of them at any given time.
http://i38.tinypic.com/zk1p49.jpg

[N242AM]

Who exactly are you purchasing the RMKs from, Mitch's father or GF? Any idea why there is no purchase link, paper trail, for the purchase?

[Joe Cygan]

Umm just informed that Mitch sold GoFlight. Very sorry about my last post as it will not help any of you. Best of luck for ya. just trying to help.

Joe

[JBaymore]

I had heard a rumor about the possible sale. Guess it is true. That's too bad. Mitch was WONDERFUL with support for the Goflight products. I hope that the new owners are as freindly and supportive.

Remains to be seen now.

Hopefully the RMKs will make a reappearance.... (along with the black faced panels too).

best,

..................john

[N242AM]

Just took a peek at the GF site. Victor and Michelle, whoever they are, now provide GF support.

Would have been appropriate for them to introduce themselves to their customers and the sim community with a post in the News group. But since GF does not respond to posts in their own support forum, appears their business model hasn't changed with the new owners/management.

Any idea if Doyle is still active in GF?

[No Longer Active]

Cant be bothered with them to be honest!

If you need some of their products, prob better off going through a 3rd party seller as I know some have some really good bargains at the moment!

[NigelD]

There is a UK supplier called rcsimulations and I think they still have a quatity of GF166 boards available.

Alex, I was planning on going the same way. A bit gutted to hear they stopped selling the boards!

Nigel.

[N242AM]

Here is an email from John Kreig of GF.

The RMK Line of product are No longer for sale on our website.However
you can call Michelle at GF to see if she has any left in stock.
503-207-5517
johnkrieg@goflightinc.com

So it is confirmed. Now what do we do?

[Matt Olieman]

I had heard a rumor about the possible sale. Guess it is true. That's too bad. Mitch was WONDERFUL with support for the Goflight products. I hope that the new owners are as freindly and supportive.

Remains to be seen now.

Hopefully the RMKs will make a reappearance.... (along with the black faced panels too).

best,

..................john

I offered a news announcement regarding the change over, but was snubbed :roll: LOL.

Mitch and I got along fine and communicated with each other quite a bit. He gave me heads up on the transfer of business and said would plan an announcement.

Mitch said he was going to work with the new owners for 30 days, on the first day of take over, all of a sudden Mitch was not there.

Too bad, how people just disappear :( I like Mitch.

Matt Olieman

[No Longer Active]

GoFlight can go fly! lol

They are not as appealing to me now, now I know that the company themselves are not going to stock these wonderful cards that takes the agro out of building a fine radio for yourself!

"maybe they have some in stock" isn't a reliable source!

[Matt Olieman]

I know Mitch and I talked about what would make their products more appealing and we talked about the changing panels, rather then the generic panels they have available. I know he was interested in supporting our hobby.

I don't know anything about the new owners.

Taking the RMK product line off the market is a misunderstanding of our hobby. It's really too bad.

I think the generic product line is a good line for the folks that are not into the detail of some of our builders. I've seen some real nice cockpits with GoFlight generic products.

Matt Olieman

[No Longer Active]

They really do need to concentrate on making their radios actually look like they are from an aircraft, generally they are over sized, look nothing like a radio and they don't look that good too!

But with the boards you can make a decent looking functional radio for yourself without having to use their 'looks like nothing' panels!

Hence why these boards need to come back!

I must admit, goflight is aimed at the generic pit without a doubt!

Never been a fan of goflight radios due to their less attractive looks but the boards are way too good to go!

Their loss!

[N242AM]

Very interesting Matt. I did somehow miss your post on the ownership change.

What is odd to me, and I have quite a few GF units, RMK included, is the RMK requires us to do most of the work, which I enjoy.

Alright, so it doesn't (didn't) sell as many units as the fully assembled ones. However, the product is a finished design that has proven to sell. Why not keep the product available?

GF, if you're reading, I in no way appreciate your decision to remove the RMK product. Wake-up and get them back in production!

[N242AM]

Here's a follow-up reply from GF to my question of why the RMK product is no longer sold.


Bottom line we just don't sell that many RMK.So the decision was make
to cut the RMK from our product line.If you are a custom cockpit
builder maybe there can be a arrangement made for you to continue
using the RMK in your cockpits.The person you need to contact if
that's the case is Mitch you can reach him by email at
mitch@goflightinc.com or you can phone him at 503-895-0242


So now I'm really confused as to what is happening at GF. I thought Mitch no longer worked at GF? Why do I even care? I've written enough on this issue.

[JBaymore]

I wonder if what was sold was the rights to sell and distribute the already fabricated units......not the electronic designs of the circuitry itself nor the raw product components............. and those rights are still held by Mitch? Then Mitch still could dierectly sell the circuit boards if he so chose.

Food for thought.

best,

.................john

[NigelD]

Just to add to all this discussion - I seem to recall a thread here which I can't find now where someone had dismantled a GF166 radio in order to alter the layout. Is that person or thread still here?? If so, how hard was it and was it worth the effort?

Nigel.

[jmig]

The panel can be easily removed and replaced with one of your own design. Just remove the three allen screws holding the panel on.

[N242AM]

Anyone know the current status of GF?

Forum and product sales page have been off-line for a week for "maintence".