I need to clarify my previous post. I am a geographic undesirable in most of these talks : I don't know any of these people because I'm 2000 miles away. What usually gets lost is the craftsmanship and knowledge of the details when a product is nc'd. If I bought a prop that didn't quite work and needed it tweeked will it still fit the fixturing on the machine or will the shop that machined it have the ability to transform my arm waving and gesturing and non-tech words into what I need. I'll bet the old prop masters could, and that would be a shame to lose for the repeatability of an nc prop. When its a week between races and you want to try XorY don't call Manila or Bejing or increasingly HoChiMihn City or Jakarta.