X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.12) with ESMTP id 2376561 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:01:48 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.66; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [64.91.205.149] (helo=[192.168.1.100]) by elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1If6HO-0002P0-FK for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:01:10 -0400 Message-ID: <470AFD32.4060707@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:01:54 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Hose clamp myth busters References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd48d81bb1f4823f51f604e9cc45e8d5711593caf27dac41a8fd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 64.91.205.149 Ernest Christley wrote: > > The aviation industry is rife with over-engineering because someone > needed an extra ten feet to make the runway. It's my belief that it > does nothing but drive the price up. I say 'belief' because I have no > actual data to back up the belief. Its over-engineering.. until YOU are the bloke who needed the extra ten feet, then its good design practice. But you are right.. it does drive the price up. Actually, I think product liability is a big predictor of price in our industry. I've heard on more than one occasion that for the average 4 seat piston Cessna, 80-100k is set aside for future claims. I wish someone could verify or disprove that, but it sounds believable. Dave