With some work you could probably make a wing plug and then lay up an acceptable set of wing molds. The costs would only be comparatively low with more labor on your part. You can also do a good job with bagged wings. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: bcourtice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:52 PM Subject: [RCSE] What I found out about tooling costs. > Several people replied to my inquiry off-line, and several others have also > asked me what I may have found out. > > The reason I asked the question to start with is that I like to design and > fly PSS warbirds, and I have often thought it would be very cool if there > were some high quality all composite kits available. I imagine the market is > probably not that large. It may even be doubtful that a quality product > could be realized with any reasonable hope of making a couple of bucks or at > least breaking even on the investment. Still, it sure would be nice to be > able to buy a slope warbird with the same level of quality and > prefabrication that we are now finding in the conventional "moldie" market. > > What I found out is that CNC molds are VERY expensive! One gentleman is > working on tooling a design and was quoted $4,000 per wing. Tome Copp of > f3x.com said he could probably get the job done for about $5,000. Several > others estimated prices in the $20,000 plus range!! > > Anyway, at this point I am not feeling very inclined to jump right in! I am > actually pretty amazed that we have as many molded airplanes to choose from > as we do, considering how expensive it is for manufacturers to market a > product of this type. > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 1/2/2002 > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
