Do you honestly believe you could produce a glider
in India with 'perfect quality'? I don't.

The Germans have been refining their production processes
for years. The people that work in the factories are
highly skilled and highly experienced.

You can't just pick that up and replicate it in India
overnight. It's just not that simple. If you go and
look around the factory you will see what is involved
- it's amazingly complex.

Also, the Germans have lots of checks in place to ensure
the final product is safe.


At 07:12 03 September 2004,
wrote:
tango4 wrote:
The LS4 is/was a great sailplane.

Do you think that DG really wants competition from
a low wage, low health
and safety, low production cost country offering a
product in competition to
its current range?

I don't think so!

I think you have it perfectly right. One could produce
the LS4, say for
example in India, with perfect quality and ridiculous
price. But this would
kill the market for expensive new gliders and even
used ones, so nobody wants
to engage this way. This being said, yes, it is clear
that the LS4 would be
the best choice for a monoclass, since it is very easy
to fly, hence would
be perfect for beginners, and still has good performance.




--
Michel Talon