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Re: Hurricane wing pickups - cost
Posted by Elliott on Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:20:24 AM
In reply top Re: Hurricane wing pickups - cost posted by ROB GREINERT on Sun Dec 14, 2003 08:55:02 PM
Hi Rob
I'd like to hear more about it. Doesn't encourage me to go anywhere near a Thunderbolt! ;)
Elliott
: Elliot
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: If you think this is expensive you havent looked at Thunde
: rbolt wing fittings. Hurricane fittings are play school in
: comparison.
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: : Hi Yak11
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: : I'd love to hear more on the subject if you have the tim
: e.
: : I also hear that they are having to reproduce new unde
: rc
: : arriage legs.
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: : Cheers
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: : Elliott
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: : : Elliott,
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: : : The Hurricane wing attachments take an awful lot of wo
: rk
: : t
: : : o produce, not to mention the large lump of metal it t
: ak
: : es
: : : to start with, plus heat treatment etc. It's not a ma
: tt
: : er
: : : of putting a billet into a machine pressing the butto
: n
: : an
: : : d letting it go, I can find out exactly what it takes
: if
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: : : eed be, I was looking at some part machined pick ups t
: he
: : o
: : : ther day. Frightens me when I think I carried 3 aircra
: ft
: : s
: : : ets of wing pick ups in me car a few years ago, the va
: lu
: : 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, dr
: op
: : m
: : : e an email if you like.
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: : :
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: : : : I was speaking to someone heavily involved in Hurric
: an
: : e
: : : re
: : : : storations this morning - he tells me a brand new pa
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: : o
: : : f
: : : : lower wing pickups for the Hurricane cost a whacking
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: : 10
: : : ,0
: : : : 00! They are made on a CNC lathe.
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: : : : Okay, I understand you pay a premium on airworthy me
: ta
: : l
: : : et
: : : : c. but surely once all the settings are in the compu
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: : r,
: : : i
: : : : t should be relatively cheap to make things via a CN
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: : la
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: : : : Any comments on this from people who maybe know bett
: er
: : ?
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