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Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Originally Posted by Christinerica
is your life worth a $15,000 airframe?
Can you prove a direct correlation between cost and safety of an airframe?
After all, I'd say at one time Bonanzas were crashing more regularly than C150s.
What's inherently unsafe about something simple like a J3?
Considering how much simpler an airplane is than an auto, no transmission, differential, suspension, A/C, power accessories, etc., why shouldn't $15K be a reasonable target for a light 2 seater?
Simply a thought, you get what you pay for.
The Yugo was a good example of price over quality. "But its your tour on this blue marble" a Marine once said to me.
Simply a thought, you get what you pay for.
The Yugo was a good example of price over quality. "But its your tour on this blue marble" a Marine once said to me.
You need to quit thinking in automotive terms.
The argument can be made that plans built or kit built aircraft are of better quality than a manufactured airplane. In that the guy building it has his/her own safety in mind first and foremost.
The Piper Cub is the prime example of low cost, simple airplane that has earned a solid reputation.
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Simply a thought, you get what you pay for.
The Yugo was a good example of price over quality. "But its your tour on this blue marble" a Marine once said to me.
Most people who build things like airplanes may only pay themselves pennies an hour but for the most part get far more than they pay for.
Probably not the best comparison. When you buy a car, you are paying for a complete turnkey vehicle. You are counting on the robots and the workers who spent minutes on your car in doing a good job.
This open source airplane will only be built by people with some skills at assembly. There will be fewer pre-cut pieces. The pilot will run an exhaustive check before he flies each and every time.
The Easy Eagle is already on the market as a kit for less than $15,000 which can carry one person for up to 300 miles. It just remains to be seen what the open source plane will offer. I assume that they are talking about at least a 2 seater and possibly a little faster than 100 mph.
Simply a thought, you get what you pay for.
The Yugo was a good example of price over quality. "But its your tour on this blue marble" a Marine once said to me.
Much of what you pay for in a commercially available aircraft are future litigation expenses on the part of the manufacturer. When some yahoo rigs his flight controls backwards doing unauthorized maintenance on the aircraft, no one is going to sue the idiot who crashed his own plane...but you can bet his family will find a way to sue the manufacturer (follow the money) for designing an airplane that COULD have flight controls installed backwards.
For the price, you simply can't beat the performance you can find on the market. 200 mph burning 5 gallons / hour for $60k is far ahead of anything you can buy from the manufacturers.
This really isn't a Yugo situation friend, it simply isn't.
Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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Any thoughts on this?
Yes, for those who naysay this *effort* ... , hell it is an experimental unit and therefore YOUR experiment !
So, go for it and haff phun !
We built our Experimental in 8 week ends.
But ... , over 200 hours of sketches and calculations.
The hardest part was to keep it under 254 lbs !
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