Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #39649
From: <bmears9413@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: motor decisions part 2...Mistral v Propelled v .....
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:44:49 -0400
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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


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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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