> "Jim Faughn" <[email protected]> writes:
> I've wondered why Jeanette wasn't interested in the possible
> sale/transfer or whatever you would want to call it, of the
> business. --(snip)--
> can make the assumption that the profit in the worst case
> is in the range of $20-30,000. Next figure this is her retirement
> income and determine what investment it would take to
> replace this. Just for fun, lets agree on 25,000 per year.
Mr. Faughn has presented the best overview of the situation,
IMHO.
So for the frustrated would-be-Buyers of RR Engineering,
perhaps a compromise position would work ? Think of
=Distributor=.
To keep this simple ( absent the ergos, to whits, et al) let's
call the Distributership "Acme Airplanes" ( or AA ).
AA sets itself up as =a= Single Point for the KR- airplane.
( Not "the only", just "a" source... )
AA re-sells KR- plans that it buys from RR.
AA re-sells KR- parts that it buys from RR.
AA re-sells KR- parts that it buys from Diehl.
AA re-sells KR- parts that it buys from whomever.
AA re-sells wood kits that it packages from wood bought
from Aircraft Spruce, Wicks, Hermans Logging, et al.
AA may even make a few parts ( metal parts kits ?) itself,
and sells them.
AA might make and sell pre-assembled wood spar kits,
and fuselage boats pre-assembled in AA's climate
controlled and clean-room assembly facility.
AA could put together all the components of the airplane
and sell them in Groups --- ie, Tail Group, Fuselage,
Wing Kit, Engine and FWF Kit, Finishing Kit. ( a la RV ).
AA does all the whiz-bang advertising and promoting that
RR does not now do.
etc.
Simple, limited liability, good prospect to promote the
airplane, and probably a lot of fun for the AA personnel.
High-profit for AA ? Whooops, maybe not... but "making
a killing" and "promoting the airplane" are not the same.
As far as the Intellectual Property angle and "Rights", promise
( and keep that promise !) to buy enough from RR so as to
not compromise her present position. AA is a loose Partner,
not a competitior. Offering Mrs. Ken such a broader-based
stability that the Open Market does not may influence her to
(gladly ? ) participate.
This IMHO, and YMMV. Another $0.02 food-for-thought.
Art Cacella 1970 American AA-1 N6155L "Dinkie"
1972 KR-1 Plans, still not started <sigh>
( but four metal homebuilts underway )
Winston-Salem, NC
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