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Re: Hurricane wing pickups - cost

Posted by ROB GREINERT on Sun Dec 14, 2003 08:55:02 PM

In reply top Re: Hurricane wing pickups - cost posted by Elliott on Sun Dec 14, 2003 07:53:41 PM

Elliot

If you think this is expensive you havent looked at Thunderbolt wing fittings. Hurricane fittings are play school in comparison.



: 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 underc
: arriage legs.
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: Cheers
:
: Elliott
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:
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: : Elliott,
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: : The Hurricane wing attachments take an awful lot of work
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: : o produce, not to mention the large lump of metal it tak
: es
: : to start with, plus heat treatment etc. It's not a matt
: er
: : 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 valu
: e
: : of which was way more than the value of all the cars I'v
: e
: : 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 Hurrican
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: : 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 meta
: l
: : et
: : : c. but surely once all the settings are in the compute
: r,
: : 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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