Re: What ever happened to the new Q2/Q200 kit
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Rich Gillen
If you base your Future Business needs on 20 year old data/thinking, your
probably Doomed to begin with. They also was only looking at the USA Pop
for that data. There is 225 other Countries in this Big World today, they say
about 8 Billion People, and these Manufactures can't sell all the Aircraft
they can probably make (50-150) in a year. I say B-S.
Just the USA Population alone has grown by 1-2% almost every year since
1911.
Pop 1911 = 93,863,000
Pop 2010 = 310,232,863
Pop 2015 = 321,230,000
"In the year 1900 the World Population was 1.6 billion. The
world population has grown tremendously over the past two thousand years. In
1999, the world population passed the six billion mark." That was 16 years ago
fellows.
The United States Census Bureau
estimates that the world population exceeded 7 billion on March 12, 2012.
According to a separate estimate by the United Nations Population Fund, it
reached this milestone on October 31, 2011.
Current World Population----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of July 6, 2015, the United
States has a total resident population of 321,230,000, making it the third most
populous country in the world.
The EAA has, and will Shrink, as the
old time hard core supporters die off, account they have forgotten their Roots,
the home built/Kitplane! I stopped supporting them 12+ years ago, when I saw the
writing on the wall back then. They even wanted to close the Ultralight Area at
Oshkosh just a few years ago. As I did also with the NRA, when they caved
into the Assault Rifle Bill, and also stopped supporting the Machine Gun, and
Suppressor People.
No, these Manufactures will have
to Open New Markets/Sales around the World, if they want to survive. High
CEO/Managers Salaries is what is killing a lot of USA Companies today, besides
just their poor Management skills!
The World Kitplane Market has
dropped to over half, what it was 25 years ago! From 750+ per Kitplane Mag, in
the World to about 350 today. I suggest you go visit 4-5 of these different
Kitplane Manufactures left today, then you will see, Why, they will probably not
be around in 10-15 years also. Vans (RV Line) is probably one of the most
profitable Kitplane Manufactures in the World, close to 8000 built, I also
believe the M-Square Breeze is also around the 7000 mark. Look at their Web
Pages, compared to some of these other manufactures, still in Business, for
now.
Big Airlines here, seek out Military
Pilots, who already have 3000-3500hrs of Flying Time. Since they raised the age
to 65, less are retiring. After 911, Airline Employee's all took a Pay Cut,
except Management! Pilot's took the biggest Pay Cut. Today 2015, my younger
brother has finally got back what he lost after 911, with a small Pay Raise. He
fly's for United.
So how ever you want to crunch these
Numbers, if you want to Sell Something, first you have to make a good Product,
then Price it Right, then Market it right, and offer Good Service, if you want
to sell it!
You do have to shop around (World)
also, for All of your Parts to make anything (Airframe Kit). Just the other day,
I looked at some Prices here(USA) for a Rotax 6206 Crank Bearings $55 each
+ Shipping. I can order it for $6 each in a (25) pack with Free Shipping from
China. The Bearings are made in Germany(FAG) best Crank Bearings you can use.
Each Crank use's (6) Bearings total, (4) 6206 and (2) 6207. Just 4 (6206) $55
x 4 = $220, $6 x 4 = $24. $24 vs $220. So you can see, a little
shopping for just Parts can save you money.
Different Rotax Crank Bearings
used.
6205 = $47.50
6206 = $55.00
6207 = $70.00
6306 = $65.00
Just My Opinion
Rich Gillen
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