Matt Dralle
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Location: Livermore CA USA
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 Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:22 am Post subject: Heads Up On Wheel Pant Fiberglass Quality... |
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Well, the irony of "keeping the cost down" is that I personally would gladly pay twice as much for fiberglass kit parts, if they were of the finest quality possible. Oh, wait, I just DID pay twice for my wheel pants... 
Seriously, though, we RV builders are Metal workers and pretty much all of us detest this fiberglass sillyness. If I wanted to work with fiberglass, I'd of built a Lancair. I think anything Van's can do to minimize the amount of fiberglass work (or rework as the case may be) is worth any incremental cost on their/our part.
How much extra would you be willing to pay to simply take the cowling out of the box, for example, and just be able to bolt it on to the front of the fuselage and be done? I'd pay double the current price of that fiberglass part.
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
Finishing Up Wheel Pant, Digging Out The Wings...
At 08:56 AM 6/6/2009 Saturday, you wrote:
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Their Q/C seems to be inconsistent. Some parts are really good on my kit, some are mediocre, and some are awful - especially the wing root fairings. I saw a fellow EAA members doors a few weeks ago for a Lancair and I must say that the difference is dramatic. The Lancair parts are really high quality and very impressive. It is my impression from talking to Vans that pricing (keeping the kits reasonably priced) plays a big part in the operation. It is tough to argue with that philosophy, but you pay for it in wasted build time on crappy fiberglass parts. I guess that you always have to option to fabricate yourself or go to the Sam James cowl.
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