Just FYI.

“Joshua Bardwell” Wrote:Lemme be really clear what is happening in the photo below. Serge has somehow managed to buy a handful of the ESC (EDIT: or an ESC that is very similar) that RDQ and I worked with Airbot to develop.
Now he's selling the ESCs at just barely above cost to fuck with me and RDQ. Don't be fooled. It doesn't sell for $50 "with Bardwell's initials on it". The $50 price reflects a standard industry 30% retail margin and no more. There is no "celebrity markup" here.
Let me be clear. If you are desperate for cash and you buy one of Serge's ESCs, I will still give you support just as if you had bought mine. I don't care. I know you would support me if you could. I honestly don't care whose product you buy, my goal is to get you into the air.
This is now the second time Serge has sold product at cost just to undercut one of my products. I'm starting to feel like he's got a little crush on me. If he keeps selling product at cost, this problem is going to solve itself.

And some interesting reply from the other side:

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This is one interesting industry...

RDQ are selling that same ESC for the same price.

https://pirofliprc.com/TYPHOON-32-BIT-4-..._5783.html
https://www.racedayquads.com/collections...-by-airbot

It's got a different spec to the Bardwell one. It took me 5 minutes to work that out, and someone in JB's position should have done his homework rather than throw a wobbler on social media. Sure, Serge is being a bit of a dick about it, but come on ...

RDQ page 404 Not Found

Hah. Guess someone else noticed too.

They should both grow up - afew tweaks to an existing ESC and initials does not make for a proprietary design that can be patented, likewise using lower rated FET’s and trying to pass off the price difference as celebrity markup is also a bit of an insult to my intelligence. I have never understood this propensity of folks to take up personal issues they may have with each other on social media, when my kids were little and used to fight in public i found it embarrassing.

$50 for a 6S ESC is an ok price as is $35 for a 4S one. ESC’s were my major failure issue when i was just starting out a couple of years ago - I will be sticking with Holybro tekko’s and the speedix ones I have now, both of which are 6S rated btw, and proved highly reliable - it is a much bigger PITA wasting time finding a downed quad then fixing it in the field when I’m supposed to be flying than $15 or so on purchase price, Facebook spats do not do much to convince me to buy either of these 2 offerings

Funny.....Bardwell has been pro-clone in the past....guess he doesn't like it when he reaps what he sows.

Neither of them have a point in my opinion. Both are going to have their own audience/customers.
It's a matter of personal taste and with this dispute it's only going to make things worse for both

And I know this has started with Bardwell claims but it's still a dispute.