555 flyer
Heliman
Location: Netherlands
| He Carps,
When my kit was ready, I picked it up myself at Jan's Home. He has a small workshop where he produces almost every part. He uses two CNC-milling machines, one equiped with an index-table and a lathe with automatic feeding unit and then some conventional machines. He showed me some parts in difference stages of production, and I was stuned because he really makes al the parts himself. He explained he had to do this, otherwise the cost of the kit would be a multiple off what it is now.
As an example he showed me the centre-head-piece and the fittings he uses to machine it on the four-axle milling machine. He told me that the total machining time for one head-piece was something in the region off an half-hour. Then he told me that he found a Japannes company that could make this part for him, but then this parts should cost him somewhere in the region of 100 Euro's, Customer price would then be 200 Euro's for this one piece only. I think the reason for this high price is lying in the difficulty to set the right production tolerances with as much margain as possible to produce it at a low price, but still ensure an A quality product.
But maybe he found a partner in Revolution Models to manufacture the carbon sheet parts, now that demand for his product is up. As everyone around the world is finding out how good his products are.
Greetings,
Rick |
It was wrapped in a Millie canopy, with said same skids.
