Right on. By that comparison its hard to beat a dlg, because you can fly it anywhere. If you really want to take to the extreme, do it cost per launch/flight...
On Dec 2, 2007 5:00 PM, TJB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about cost per hour? Since I purchased it 4 years ago, I have flown > my > $3500 (value) Duo Discus 1 hour. I have flown my XP 4.5 about 80 hours... > Even at $600 that would be $7.50 per hour compared to $3500 per hour. > Now, > I can sell my Duo for around $3000 and maybe get $300 for the DLG. So, > the > cost per hour on the Duo is about $500 and the cost per hour for the DLG > is > more like $3.75. > > If you calculate the total cost for a plane based on what you paid, what > you > sold it for (or can get for it), you will be surprised how expensive some > planes are. I sold an SBXC that cost me about $1900 flying. Sold it for > $900 with 18 hours on it. $55.55 per hour to fly it. > > I'd like to hear from some others on this way of looking at things. > > > T > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Whitman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <soaring@airage.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [RCSE] DLGs = Bang for the Buck, NO WAY; Benchmarks- Get > Real. > > > >I disagree with your analysis. We're not flying fruit so cost per ounce > is > >irrelevant. > > > > Mike > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2007, at 11:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I have to disagree with Buzz regarding DLG being the best value. I > >> agree that DLG has made HL more accessible to all pilots due it the > >> ergonomics of launching them. But value, for that lets > >> take a step back and look at it from a distance. > >> > >> When evaluated analytically, DLG is absolutely the worst value in > >> soaring today. Lets take the recent example of the $1000 Vandal (all > up > >> ready to fly) that was snapped up off of RCSE recently. For > simplicity > >> assume that the plane weighs 10 oz all up. A simple calculation > yields > >> $100/oz. > >> > >> Now lets take a Supra at $2000 (all up: plane plus radio gear) at 65 > oz. > >> Same simple calculation yields $31/oz. > >> > >> OK, next up on the list is an SBXC at $2500 (all up, plane plus radio > >> plus vario) at 176 oz. > >> Crank, crank, the calculator tells me $14.25/oz. > >> > >> Getting the drift here? Now lets take Sagitta 900 at $350 (kit plus > >> gear) weighing 40 oz. Push the little beads on the abacus and what > >> comes out: $8.75/oz. > >> > >> Disclaimer- this doesn't assign any value for building, enjoying, etc. > >> Then again, nobody really makes money out of the hobby, we all do it > for > >> fun, no? > >> > >> So, what is really more cost effective, soaring gold (DLG), or history > >> (Sagitta)? > >> > >> On a kind of related topic, I've been having a great laugh about all > >> this benchmark garbage. What a bunch of subjective tripe. All I > really > >> see is reminiscing about what gets an individual's attention and > >> represents progress to them. > >> > >> I've been in the technology business for 40 years, and if I've learned > >> anything, true paradigms define themselves without any help. By their > >> very nature, the direction that technology goes after the paradigm > >> emerges will change because of the paradigm. > >> > >> As my buddy Bubba would say, "Y'all have a ball getting yer undies > >> twisted with this one". > >> > >> Jim Thomas > >> RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" > >> and "unsubscribe" requests to soaring- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > >> that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only > format > >> with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail > >> and AOL are generally NOT in text format > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail > and > > AOL are generally NOT in text format > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: > > 269.16.12/1163 - Release Date: 12/1/2007 12:05 PM > > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format >
