I don't think the glider manufacturing industry will ever lend itself to the
automation and volume necessary to see the price versus quality ratio change
very much. Gliders will remain much like the hand crafted Italian sports
cars . . . and in price too.

bumper

"bagmaker" wrote in message
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thanks for the interesting link explaining DG pricing, very good! I
reckon the best way to reduce hardware cost is to make loads of it,
meaning we need LOTS more pilots.
Think of how much a car cost 50 years ago and what you got for that
money.
Now think of the current crop of computered, airbagged, luxurios,
economical, quiet smooth vehicles available from all over the world
-THAT is what we want in a glider.
There will always be a market for top class gliders, producing more of
them will make them cheaper, not producing lower class gliders for the
masses, that is short term at its worst.

Please dont come back extolling the virtues of your '71 buick vs a new
hyundai -in reality you wish to be pilotting a new ASG or DG808, not a
KA6. Think laterally, the more pilots, the more demand, the more
gliders, the cheaper the build price and the cheaper the second hand
market for good gliders (creating easier access for more pilots) and
forward we go.

Dont re-invent the wheel


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bagmaker