I wonder if they know??
I think they are being left behind by other manufacturers. Lee,s Goblin is testament to that. The engineering and the packaging is just streets ahead. Just shame about the canopies
I think the people at Align have no clue an if they did they are to busy finger pointing and focusing on the wrong problems. I can't say anything nice about the guy running the US operations he has no business sense and shouldn't be running a company IMO. So that's the first thing they need to do get rid of him.
I don't think Aligns designs are overall bad they still make some nice heli's. Goblins are to expensive IMO and resale on them confirms that. Problem with Align is their releases aren't thought out. The V3 700 was just released. They essentially just devalued their own customers product less then a year after it was released. Plus now the stores are stuck with product they can't discount because of MAP.
Align also doesn't seem to care about the customer after the sale. Once they have your money the only time they want to hear from you is if you are buying more product. I think customers and stores are just frustrated with them and making the switch to hopefully be less frustrated.
Align is losing shelf space to Blade at exponential speeds. Blades aren't better heli's. Align just fails at business sense.