dean.psiropoulos(at)veriz
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 Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: Lawsuits, Van's prices. |
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Hate to break it to ya George but....Vans has already been sued. The first
production representative prototype RV-8 was being demonstrated to a
potential customer (an ag pilot by profession) from California several years
ago and the customer pulled the wings off of it (MY OPINION, not the NTSB
finding, but seems logical considering how hard an ag pilot has to pull
compared to how pitch sensitive the RVs are). This was N58RV, the yellow
taildragger, actually the second RV-8 built by the factory. After the
accident, the widow of the Van's employee who lost his life sued and Van's
settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
This was 8-10 years ago now and Van's has continued to offer tremendous
value even after suffering that AND the loss of the prototype RV-9A. I hope
things havn't changed so much there that they are worried sick about
litigation with every kit that goes out the door. That sort of worry by
Cessna's insurance company ended up adding $50,000.00 to the base price of
every Cessna in the 1980s before they stopped production of piston aircraft.
Van's provides such value in their kits, it would be a shame if one of the
last bastions of low priced kits had to double or triple what they have been
getting for them just to satisfy lawyers or insurance companies. But
then... a lot has changed in the 9 years since I started building Delta
Mike, unfortunately it hasn't been for the better!
Dean Psiropoulos
RV-6A N197DM
Finishing the panel
________________________________ Message 2_________________________________
Time: 04:55:17 AM PST US
From: <gmcjetpilot(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Lawsuits against builders
Conspiracy theorist unite. Could be?
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS, when the Lawsuits start, Van will start charging
$45,000 for a kit, thanks to the idiots that are suing..................
George
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