So let's do the math. If the metal is $4k, the engine is $10k, another $3k
for incidentals like tires, wires, and the like, and $5k in labor to build,
the out-door cost is $22k. Sell it for $25k and you've made a whole $3k,
times 500 customers is $1.5mil.

Sell it for $50k and you've made $28k times 100 customers and you've made
$2.8 mil, not to mention the headaches involved with another 400 customers
and the service that entails.

Like the man said, DO THE MATH.

Jim



The metal to build a 601 or Sonex will run in the 3000-4000 price
range, figure an engine to be 10 G , and there is nothing to building one
of these planes so labor SHOULD not be a boatload. But I have seen these
sell for 40-60G , and it's highway robbery. 25G would be good , and 30G
probably not unreasonable. Hey they are not building 777's , just a small
plane. I speak from experience in production of aircraft, from MD-80's to
Learjets.
A greedy company that wants to sell a 25G plane for 50G may sell
100...if he sold them for 25G he has the potential of selling 500, simply
because it opens the market for more people.