>A builder recently opined:
>In my humble opinion and experience, everything
>at Radio Shack is of the lowest possible quality.
>
Actually, you can buy a broad range of
product capabilities at Radio Shack, and many
other stores like them. I hear that Radio
Shack parts went to Mars on the last lander
mission. The trick is to understand what you
want the parts to do and which ones are suited
to the task. To put a wet blanket (or a warm
one for that matter) on any single supplier's
hardware may not be very useful in terms of
offering advice. Some parts at R-S are indeed
low cost and not very sturdy, but many others
are from the same name-brand suppliers such
as National, Motorola, AMP, Molex, etc. as
the upscale suppliers.
If we design our airplanes for failure
tolerance, then absolute quality
is less an issue . . . one may try a
component in any location and upgrade
it if its maintenance history is
unsatisfactory. The process can be more
comforting if we educate ourselves with
respect to what's needed and compare it
with what's offered . . .
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