Not to mention then you can sell parts and such to 500 customers instead of
100, Jim you should understand how that works you are in biz. Lots of
variables but the main point is companys are to greedy. Look at the greed
our auto industry has gotten into( from their own and the greed of their
workers). When things cost less you sell alot more, period.

Patrick

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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.