X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:03:49 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [66.64.141.200] (HELO lucky.dts.local) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3014660 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:37:06 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.64.141.200; envelope-from=cjensen@dts9000.com Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Subject: RE: [LML] Builders/owners support X-Original-Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:34:20 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <8984A39879F2F5418251CBEEC9C689B3AFCF4C@lucky.dts.local> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Builders/owners support Thread-Index: AcjgLizGB1U0cOSyRteBwpYAlswXkAAB8L3w From: "Chuck Jensen" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Of course, if Lancair charged the same type prices as Cessna does for = it's legacy parts, they could likely support early models forever = too...especially if they're producing the same product for 40 years as = Cessa has. I suspect there'd be a hue-n-cry if Lancair, Vans, Velocity = started charging Cessna/Piper type prices, so some compromise has to be = made. If parts availability for the next 30 years is of utmost importance to = someone, then by all means, they should buy a doggy Cessna. If you want = faster, better, cheaper, then difficulty finding some parts-n-pieces 10 = or 20 years later may just be part of the gig. Chuck Jensen -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of es39wg@comcast.net Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:39 AM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Builders/owners support Long story short -- buy a IV kit even if it is discontinued (or about to = be). The Lancair kits are great products, but nobody can stay in = business stocking *all* of the parts for kits that have not been sold = for 20 years. (Can you get parts for a Pinto from Ford anymore?) But = protect yourself and get *everything* that you can't buy from Vans or = Aircraf Spruce at the same time. - Rob Wolf That is not exactly true. Cessna is still supporting every model they = ever built. I was at the 80th anniversary celebration of Cessna in June of '07. = When the discussion turned to support for the Cardinal which was only = built from 1968 through 1978. The question of replacement parts came = up. They informed us (about 100 of us in the meeting at the time) that = they do in fact support all their prior models. Granted some parts may = have to be manufactured to meet our needs and some things like shimmy = dampers can be quite expensive, they will make them if they don't still = have them in stock. =20 BTW, they are having a 40th anniversary celebration of the Cardinal in = Wichita in September. I can't make that event even though I own both a = FG and an RG Cardinal as well as a TR182 and part owner of a Lancair ES. = I am having back surgery in August. If Rob is not a Cessna owner I am = not surprised he would not be aware of that fact. Actually Cessna = owners who did not attend the seminar might not be aware. duane 39WG -- For archives and unsub = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html