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You came to the right place to vent and complain. I do it all the time. I'm sorry you are having problems, maybe you can get it fixed. I have sympathy for you even though that won't help you much. good luck.

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Have you contacted the company about this under warranty? Who is the seller/dealer?

Also, I think you can get that fixed...there was a member here I think who got some new, better gears. Try searching for gear or gearbox, see what you may find.

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I think I saw somewhere that there are gears available. However, you are right- based on what I have seen, that gearbox is bad news. I don't just say that because I have the Grubee Skyhawk II (which has worked well so far), but because I spent some time researching this both before I bought (a good idea) and after I bought (a waste of time, but I had to know). I have found no one with a good experience with the Hoot gearbox. They may be out there, but I have not heard from them.

I have heard from several people that had gear teeth break or keys sheared (the keys are apparently made from metal colored cream cheese). I will try to do some back-tracking and see if I can find where I saw replacement gears for that.

In the interest of full disclosure, I bought my SkyhawK II kit from the same vendor (bought Honda engine elsewhere). There were some delays initially, but he cleared that up and got me the stuff I ordered. That being said, I have seen his interaction with others, and it is not pleasant, so even though I had a decent experience, the best I can say is- be cautious.

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