No, not offended... just concerned with some of your chosen words in describing what we currently have to use today...
I've been in this hobby since it's inception in the mid 90's when there was nothing to be had from this continent for "spare parts". If it hadn't been for the germans to share their craft with us then, the rc construction hobby might never have happened here, or not like it currently is anyway. Harald Stahl & Klaus Leimbach were the first to sell internationally, everybody else was content in just supplying the "local" market.
What Leimbach offers works & is cost effective to mass produce quickly to offer to the world market demand. There really isn't anybody else currently capable or willing to do so at the moment. But the local NA market here is starting to show some interest in the manufacturing of rc mini hyds. And maybe a better system will arise from it as well.
All I'm trying to say is let us not forget where our roots came from in this rc constr model hobby, show them the respect & credit they've earned in getting us started... and by all means lets make it bigger & better for everyone in the future.
