X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.137] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2364265 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:45:29 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.139.137; envelope-from=BMears9413@aol.com Received: from BMears9413@aol.com by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.cba.1b921ad8 (52374) for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:44:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from WEBMAIL-MB05 (webmail-mb05.webmail.aol.com [64.12.170.153]) by ciaaol-m02.mx.aol.com (v119.9) with ESMTP id MAILCIAAOLM028-cc964702677284; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:44:50 -0400 References: To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: motor decisions part 2...Mistral v Propelled v ..... Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:44:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: bmears9413@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8C9D3224D21029B_FE0_9146_WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL WebMail 30978-STANDARD Received: from 65.182.71.8 by WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com (64.12.170.153) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:44:49 -0400 Message-Id: <8C9D3224D21029B-FE0-4836@WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com> X-AOL-IP: 64.12.170.153 X-Spam-Flag: NO ----------MB_8C9D3224D21029B_FE0_9146_WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Not to mention they have to pay staff, rent, bills, taxes every day whether or not they sell any product. And I'm thinking this is a fairly limited volume product. Bob Mears -----Original Message----- From: Ernest Christley To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:31 am Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: motor decisions part 2...Mistral v Propelled v ..... Christopher Barber wrote:? > I was surprised by Propelled pricing. To charge almost as much as a new? > certified aircraft engine (i.e. Lyc) does not seem to be a good business? > model. I realize you must make money, but it would seem the high teens? > would still allow a profit (from my non accountant math...based on what I? > have built my engine on) while establishing the engine as a viable? > choice...while the high twenties seems to shoot the idea in the foot.? >? > ? Is Propelled's $27k for an engine or for a firewall forward package?? ? There's a lot of time, money and energy tied up in arranging all the little pieces, which are every bit as important as the core engine.? ? --? Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/? Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html? ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ----------MB_8C9D3224D21029B_FE0_9146_WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Not to mention they have to pay staff, rent, bills, taxes every day whether or not they sell any product. And I'm thinking this is a fairly limited volume product.

Bob Mears


-----Original Message-----
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:31 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: motor decisions part 2...Mistral v Propelled v .....

Christopher Barber wrote: 
> I was surprised by Propelled pricing. To charge almost as much as a new 
> certified aircraft engine (i.e. Lyc) does not seem to be a good business 
> model. I realize you must make money, but it would seem the high teens 
> would still allow a profit (from my non accountant math...based on what I 
> have built my engine on) while establishing the engine as a viable 
> choice...while the high twenties seems to shoot the idea in the foot. 

>  
Is Propelled's $27k for an engine or for a firewall forward package? 
 
There's a lot of time, money and energy tied up in arranging all the little pieces, which are every bit as important as the core engine. 
 
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