14MZ users.

[robgt]

That sucks!
You should contact the place you bought it from and see if they can maybe bend the suppliers arm a little if you explain that situation to them.
You never know your luck!
It's an expensive radio so it seems a shame to have it go bad with little use...
Cheers,
Rob

[Stuart]

I forgot to mention in my post about the screen lighting problem, although i have had the radio for two years it never saw the flying field for 12 months so the warranty expired before i even used it and it has only been used less than half a dozen times at the field.

Correct me if I'm wrong but EU reg's state that electronic goods come with 3yrs warranty std. I heard somewhere I'm sure on the radio that manufacturers still try to get away with 1 years until they get pushed against the wall on the EU reg.

[robgt]

I've just been searching for info on this and it seems it's actually 2 years - but worth knowing!

Article 5 of the EU Product Warranty Directive (1999):

Time limits

1. The seller shall be held liable under Article 3 where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within two years as from delivery of the goods. If, under national legislation, the rights laid down in Article 3(2) are subject to a limitation period, that period shall not expire within a period of two years from the time of delivery.

For a thoroughly interesting read, see the full document here
Cheers,
Rob

[raptorheli2]

my 14mz screen is a little harder to push on the left than the right. also spoke to ripmax and they said 150 quid for a new screen. but i'll keep using it until it really get annoying as i don't want the same thing to happen to another screen

cheers

[AndersUK]

Just send it to Ripmax and ask them to "look at it and investigate". In most cases they will repair it for free in good faith.

[raptorheli2]

i have called them but i think my 14mz is an imported set and i'm not sure how that works with ripmax. i did tell the person i called i thought was an import but not sure, they said doesn't matter as it's an oow repair anyway...........ummmm.......i might ship it back and try my luck as you said. it has a uk 2.4 module in it now so he said it will be a uk set then.

cheers