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Re: Hurricane wing pickups - cost

Posted by Elliott on Sun Dec 14, 2003 07:53:41 PM

In reply top Re: Hurricane wing pickups - cost posted by Yak11Fan on Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:41:12 AM

Hi Yak11

I'd love to hear more on the subject if you have the time. I also hear that they are having to reproduce new undercarriage legs.

Cheers

Elliott



: Elliott,
:
: The Hurricane wing attachments take an awful lot of work t
: o produce, not to mention the large lump of metal it takes
: to start with, plus heat treatment etc. It's not a matter
: of putting a billet into a machine pressing the button an
: d letting it go, I can find out exactly what it takes if n
: eed be, I was looking at some part machined pick ups the o
: ther day. Frightens me when I think I carried 3 aircraft s
: ets of wing pick ups in me car a few years ago, the value
: of which was way more than the value of all the cars I've
: ever owned.
: I can probably guess who you have been speaking to, drop m
: e an email if you like.
:
:
:
: : I was speaking to someone heavily involved in Hurricane
: re
: : storations this morning - he tells me a brand new pair o
: f
: : lower wing pickups for the Hurricane cost a whacking ?10
: ,0
: : 00! They are made on a CNC lathe.
: :
: : Okay, I understand you pay a premium on airworthy metal
: et
: : c. but surely once all the settings are in the computer,
: i
: : t should be relatively cheap to make things via a CNC la
: th
: : e.
: :
: : Any comments on this from people who maybe know better?
: :

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