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#4 (Localized search active near current match!)
Message: 
#97967
From: 
"Bartrim, Todd" <sbartrim(at)mail.canfor.ca>
Subject: 
More Blue Mountain feedback
Date: 
Jul 19, 2002



Hi Ed;
        Agreed, it could result in disaster, however I don't believe he is
currently claiming IFR capability with these units. While I hope that it
will soon achieve these requirements, right now I think it would be foolish
to fly into the soup with only this for instrumentation. 
        Aaahh, if only we could get rid of the lawyers then stupid people
would just die, instead of spreading their genes. Then Greg could just
concentrate on developing his product, without worrying about lawsuits from
people foolish enough to blindly trust their lives with a single new
product.
        Sorry for the rant, but its a slow day at work ;-)

S. Todd Bartrim
13B rotary powered
RV-9endurance (finish kit)
C-FSTB (reserved)
http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm


> -----Original Message-----
> From:        Cole, Ed [SMTP:Ed_Cole(at)maximhq.com]
> Sent:        Friday, July 19, 2002 10:28 AM
> To:        'rv-list(at)matronics.com'
> Subject:        RE: RV-List: More Blue Mountain feedback
> 
> 
> Todd,
> I think we all wish Greg well in his endeavor, however, as Sam B. pointed
> out, failure of this unit in an IFR condition could flat out kill you.
> A unit such as this needs to be rock solid before letting it loose on the
> public.
> One good law suite would bankrupt Greg forever.
> 
> Ed Cole
> RV6A N2169D Flying
> RV6A N648RV Finishing
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:        Bartrim, Todd [SMTP:sbartrim(at)mail.canfor.ca]
> > Sent:        Friday, July 19, 2002 9:11 AM
> > To:        'rv-list(at)matronics.com'
> > Subject:        RE: RV-List: More Blue Mountain feedback
> > 
> > 
> > > What bothers me is these guys are trying to sell these products before
> > > they are ready for the market.  That's a big no-no, IMO.  Because if
> it
> > > don't work and ain't ready yet, customers will just get ticked off and
> > > will give them a bad rap.  And in the aviation world a bad reputation
> > > tends to stick, whether its merited or not.
> > > 
> > > Bob Japundza
> > > RV-6 N244BJ O-360C/S flying 340 hours
> > > F1 QB under const.
> > > 
> > > 
> >         While I agree with this and am not intending to make excuses for
> > anyone, I would imagine that they are having a difficult financial time
> in
> > developing this product. The Chelton system(formerly Sierra Flight) is a
> > good example of what happens when a big company develops a system. They
> > have
> > almost unlimited resources to develop a beautiful system that works
> > flawlessly, but what good does it do for most of us? Who can afford it?
> > Certainly not me.
> >         Greg Richter, on the other hand is a regular guy who is working
> > hard
> > to develop a system that the working man can afford, but with limited
> > resources. By this stage of development he must be in desperate need of
> > cash
> > flow to continue operations. Still this is not much comfort to those
> that
> > are still waiting on their units after paying for them, only to wonder
> if
> > they will even work as advertised. When you consider all that this unit
> > may
> > be capable of and then look at its price in comparison to the Chelton
> > system, one may expect a few bugs in the system. Everything that I've
> > heard
> > so far indicates that Greg is working hard to fix existing customer
> units,
> > just not as successfully as they would like.
> >         While I hope that Greg gets the bugs worked out soon, I
> certainly
> > would not expect to just plug this system into my panel & happily head
> off
> > into the clouds. After all I can't think of any time that I came up with
> a
> > new idea and got it right on the first try, or the second, third,
> > fourth.....
> >         I wish Greg the utmost of luck in this endeavor and hope
> everyone
> > can be patient while he gets all the bugs out.
> > 
> > S. Todd Bartrim
> > 13B rotary powered
> > RV-9endurance (finish kit)
> > C-FSTB (reserved)
> > http://www3.telus.net/haywire/RV-9/C-FSTB.htm
> > 
> 



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