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Univair keeps going cause of the insurance companys. every time they need an estimate prices on the stuff has got to come from some-where. univair catalog is the only place you can get a fixed price so thats what gets used. you cant jsut say i know this guy who might sell me one for fifty bucks. Floyd Percy Wood wrote: > At 10:12 PM 10/21/01 -0700, you wrote: > > >My friend Dave and I were talking the other day about Coup parts. Mainly > >the > >fact that at times they are difficult to find used and often the cost of > >replacement from Univair is outrageous. > > Excellent Idea, Jimmy. > Dispite nay-sayers, it has been done. The Don Luscombe Foundation has > gotten that bird back in production. They actually looked at the > Ercoupe! > IMHO, they did not do the `coupe because of the many extrusions/castings > involved therein. Luscombe's mostly bent up sheet, which they could get > made in Slovakia (or is it the Czech Republic? I can't tell after their > > divorse). > Vern had several good picks there. Yes, you have a"Full Machine Shop." > What size is your autoclave? Do you have the sensors to take and record > the temperatures of the parts as they are cooked? I have seen such > things, > and they are Not Small/Take Lots of Electricity/Etc. He also focused on > the > fact that every Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) is different, as > it > every > FAA person one may talk to. And when they argue, you loose! > Like you, I have fulminated against the outrageous prices for Ercoupe > parts. > Again, IMHO, The M in PMA stands for Monopoly. And the government wants > us to think that Bill Gates is bad! In reality, the problem is the > cost/volume > relationship. How costs vary with volume Must Be as well known to > anyone contemplating manufacturing anything as Weight & Balance is to a > person contemplating going flying = insufficient knowledge thereof > kills! Yes, > I took accounting and had to do that stuff. > Basically, the Fixed Costs are such that you have to get a Humongous > amount of money for every piece due to low volume. Of course, Univair, > et al., > are selling some parts that were made in 1946 and they have just paid > storage the last 55 years... > Now about those wings. I am very familiar with the wing that Vern > mentioned. > It gets its strength from bent sheet, so no extrusions, heat treatment, > and so > on. Why isn't it in production? SOOLF = Stay Out Of Left Field. > Aviation > engineering is a Very Conservative deal. "If it was good enough for Wil > and > Orv, it is good enough for me." Thank Heavens Fred Weick didn't think > that > way! You have probably noted that the `coupe wing is one of the Very > Few > that does not use the 'ladder' form of construction. Just contemplating > how > the ribs can be formed from the ordinates of the airfoil is a > mathematical > challenge; I did learn how to do it during a drafting course I took. > And a > single spar; not two. A marvel, to be sure. > I do feel that the Ercoupe could be reintroduced - as a completely new > plane. No parts for old. Using modern techniques (lots of composites, > that stir friction weld that I am so interested in). Same shape, same > flying > characteristics, Subaru engine, you get the idea. > Percy (dreaming) in Portland > > > ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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