Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:12:21 -0800
From: victor delta <vdelta@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Turbines in our IV
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Lance, Marvin...whomever!

Please confirm, or otherwise explain the $40K price tag quoted in the
e-mail below.
Is this my cost for a factory rebuilt 601E (with the
expectation/guarantee of 2000 hrs. TBO....from date of rebuild) on top
of the IV kit price + $7.5K someone recently talked about on this forum
to accommodate the powerplant, plus, naturally, the cost of a mated
prop?  OR.......
Is this my cost of a factory rebuilt that is guaranteed to go to 2000
hrs. (total hours), from the time it was originally put into service? 
If so, what is/was the (average?) time in service prior to the rebuild
of the engines the writer is talking about?  Simply put, what number of
hours are we buying with the $40K?  OR.....  Is this my cost of "my"
engine sent to Walter for rebuild?  And if so, what can I expect to pay
(in the open market) for an acceptably rebuildable engine to Walter
(operative words herein)......found on my own????.....or with/through
the help of the Lancair factory?????
Would appreciate detailed explanation of exactly what the writer had in
mind with the $40K quote. 
In parting, as one having no particular relationship to have to protect
with TCM (but with a reasonable amount of operational experience in
maintenance and flight operations with a variety of aviation
reciprocating and turbine powerplants), "reliability" in favor of the
turbine is but scratching the surface of the significant difference
between the two (in favor of the turbine.....quite naturally!) and
grossly minimizes quite a few other, equally as, or possibly even more,
important attributes provided by the turbine powerplant in aviation
applications.  
Cost, obviously is not/has not been to date one of these.
At $40K, it is looking highly attractive!
Looking very much to the clarification sought above.
Thanks in advance.
VD        

Marvin Kaye wrote:
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> Posted on behalf of "Lance A. Neibauer" <lancen@lancair.com>:
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    	"Consequently, I went straight to Walter and we've worked out a
good program for factory rebuilt
 	601E's.  750 hp, .67 SFC's, with good ram recovery up to 400 hp at
25,000 ft., 2,000 TBO that is
	very realistic and 8 years (for seals 	etc.).  Total overhauls are
about 40,000, maybe less."

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