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RobHickman(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: RV-List:Uncertified Artificial Horizon |
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In a message dated 1/22/2006 6:12:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Bruce(at)glasair.org writes:
If all these manufacturers were so
damn sure their products would pass, why didn't they test and certify them?
It would give them a leg up on the competition.
Bruce,
The reason that manufacturers don't do it is that it costs a huge amount of
money and once you do it limits your ability to make improvements to the
product.
We have been in the middle of certifying the AOA for over three years now.=20
We have passed DO-160 testing and we should have our first STC in the spring.
It has cost well over $75,000 to get it certified. We have made a number
of improvements to the AOA since we started certification and we currently=20are
selling the AOA Sport 3. The certified AOA Sport 1 unit that we could
start selling this summer is 3 generations old and is not as good as the one that
we make today, but it will be =E2=80=9CCertified=E2=80=9D. The paper work=20alone will add
a major amount of cost to each unit that we sell and to be honest most people
are not willing to pay for it.
You forgot the really big benefit that you get once you start selling a
certified product. You are assured that you will be sued for every airplane
crash no madder what caused it. We currently have a customer that wants to
install a large number of AOA=E2=80=99s in Cessna Caravans. They have three Caravans
flying with the AOA and =E2=80=9Cmust have it=E2=80=9D. You would not even believe the
conversations I have had with my insurance company over this one=E2=80=A6.
Cessna, Cirrus, ect=E2=80=A6 would tell you exactly the same thing about=20airframes
as you have said about avionics. There is no way that Lancair, Vans, or
Glassair have done the paper work and testing that the certified manufactures
have had to do. Does this automatically mean that a new RV-10 is not as=20safe
as a Cirrus? I don=E2=80=99t think so, and I can=E2=80=99t wait to load my family in my
RV-10 with my uncertified EFIS , Engine Monitor, and AOA. I would also argue
that my RV-10 will be safer because of them.
Every year I have someone stop by the booth and tell me that our uncertified
product has saved their life. How many people would not be here today if
they had waited to install a certified instrument? How much higher would the
insurance that you pay be? I would bet that way more lives are saved because
of affordable, uncertified avionics.
Rob Hickman
Advanced Flight Systems
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Bruce(at)glasair.org
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:51 am Post subject: RV-List:Uncertified Artificial Horizon |
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You're preaching to the choir, Rob. I have your AOA Pro in my airplane.
Bruce
www.glasair.org
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