As well as all the replies already here , there are a couple of other reasons . The constant mergers and meddling in the industry from the government didn ' t help , much like the situation in the car and to a lesser extent , as it was already dying motorbike industries at the time . The eventual creation of British Aerospace has considerable parallels with the creation of British Leyland . The other reason is a little less obvious British aircraft design philosophy , whilst great at performance and looks , never fully embraced expandable and modifiable airframes . Just look at OP ' s photo fancy trying to reengine that beast ? You ' d even have to redesign the flaps if the jetpipe changed diameter . <| sep |> Thanks for your response ! I ' ve ordered a Hubsan X 4 to play with I could be mistaken , but isn ' t the Naze 32 an F 3 FC ? Obviously I ' m new to this so happy to admit I ' m wrong , but it does say F 3 in the NAZE 32 F 3 FlightControllerAcro 6 DOFDeluxe 10 DOFforMultirotorRacingp 1010232 . html ? rmmdscartThanks for the other responses , I ' ll have a look at Turnigy Nanotech and IMAX . I ' ve heard that although the box style headsets get a better FOV , the goggles will be more immersive ? The immersiveness is what I ' m really after , and figure that would be achieved by closetoeye screen with the widest FOV .