Dspace said..
despite the 200 euro shipping cost to the US.

Apparently the price increase in airplane shipping fees is that too many planes are grounded worldwide now, so the demand for available space on remaining planes is huge, and prices go wild.

Fishdude said..


Dspace, How difficult was it to find a machine shop to work your fusalage to accept the 19mm Axis mast?
I think that's a great idea I just hesitate doing that myself because I'm not sure what a machine shop would charge.

I way overpaid a local prototyping machine shop to do the work quickly, but decided to just splurge (the Gong monoblock Carbon masts are big bucks and there is no 80-90 cm option). It's a simple project and should be very doable with a basic consumer level soft metal capable CNC machine. Had them reuse the existing front M6 bolt position. It moves the Axis mast forward about 1 cm and avoids having the new M8 bolt holes overlapping with the old M6 holes. This summer I might try and do a fuselage to mate the Gong foils to my Moses 72 and 82 surf masts

Dspace said..
Ironic given that you can still easily find heavily discounted overseas passenger fares.

I guess it is basic supply and demand... most people do not want to spend hours in a flying petri dish and unexpected border crossing hassles, but mail order commerce has exploded.