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From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" <colwell@innercite.com>
To: "lancair list" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010926223904.02359bb0@pop3.olsusa.com>
Subject: Re: Availability of LEGACY 2000
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:19:50 -0700
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> To anyone considering purchasing the Legacy, potential buyers should know
> that a list was recently sent to all Legacy kit owners advising of
> backordered parts and projected shipping dates of those parts extending as
> far as 8 months into the future. You pay for the whole kit, but don't get
> it all. They say I won't be getting all my parts until the end of next
March!

Put in perspective, this is the Kit Airplane Business and is not to be
compared with standard business practices in other industries.  The time
line from flying prototype to shipment of complete kits is typically many
months.

Lance has been down this road many times (with previous designs) and the
Legacy builders are the beneficiaries of their experience.  It takes time to
refine the design of parts (I saw several versions of center consoles and
canopy frames when we were in the workshop in Feb.) then tool, produce and
do the documentation on them.  I am very impressed with the quality of the
parts I have and the accuracy of the fit.

Everybody in the kitplane business; Van's, Glasair/Glastar, etc. has had
this same problem to solve .  Builders clamoring for more parts and then the
fixes that rushing to satisfy the demand create.  It ends up costing the
Companies and the builders time, money and frustration.   It is evident to
me the people at Lancair are trying very hard to do the Legacy the BEST way
the FIRST time.

PS:  My aeronautical engineer hangarmate with several homebuilts to his
credit, is finishing a Glastar which is so loaded with parts that don't fit,
plans errors, etc. he thinks it has tripled the construction time to build
it right.

Steve Colwell   Legacy 2K  Placerville,CA   (530) 621-3408


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