Performance World Class design proposal

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:40:14 +0000 (UTC), wrote:


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

Come on, this sort of argument covers vacuum.

How long did it take for Centrair till their ASW-20 copies had similar
quality than the Schleicher originals?
Ten years?



Bye
Andreas

Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:40:14 +0000 (UTC), wrote:


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

Come on, this sort of argument covers vacuum.

How long did it take for Centrair till their ASW-20 copies had similar
quality than the Schleicher originals?
Ten years?

Centrair is far from being an example of quality and efficiency. Nevertheless
their Pegase were good enough for my taste. I have never flewn a German ASW20
but i have flown several ASW19 and i don't see anything in them obviously
better than in the Pegase for example - an understatement. Yes i maintain that
the so-called high quality of such or such product is mainly commercial
bull**** which covers nothing real.



Bye
Andreas

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Michel Talon

On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:59:00 +0000 (UTC), wrote:


Centrair is far from being an example of quality and efficiency. Nevertheless
their Pegase were good enough for my taste. I have never flewn a German ASW20
but i have flown several ASW19 and i don't see anything in them obviously
better than in the Pegase for example - an understatement. Yes i maintain that
the so-called high quality of such or such product is mainly commercial
bull**** which covers nothing real.

Most license-built 20F's and the early Pegase were a disaster
concerning airfoil precision. Fortunately it got better then.

I think (potential) glider owners are extremely snotty, especially if
they speak German.
Non-german gliders hardly have a chance on the huge German market,
even if they offer similar performance, handling and quality for a
substantial lower price. I'm thinking about the Genesis and especially
the current Lak's here.

I think quality and durable detail solutions need a certain
experience, which itself needs a certain number of planes built.




Bye
Andreas