Cessna's new piston single.

[Dan Luke]

How about Van's RV-10? Cessna could buy the design from Van's and
certify it.

This might be a win-win, as Cessna would receive most of the r&d already
done for a dandy new design, and Van's could pick up a nice chunk of
change and still retain rights to produce experimental kits.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[Bob Martin]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
> How about Van's RV-10? Cessna could buy the design from Van's and
> certify it.
>
> This might be a win-win, as Cessna would receive most of the r&d already
> done for a dandy new design, and Van's could pick up a nice chunk of
> change and still retain rights to produce experimental kits.

I would think that the certification process would be rather expensive and
the market probably wouldn't justify it. Also, a lot of the appeal of the
design is the ability to customize it and do all sorts of little
modifications. You can't really do that with a certified aircraft.

Besides, if the 10 handles anything remotely like the other RV's, it would
be vastly different than anything Cessna had made for general public use...
I think some people would get themselves in trouble trying to fly it.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Dan Luke wrote:
>
> How about Van's RV-10? Cessna could buy the design from Van's and
> certify it.
>
> This might be a win-win, as Cessna would receive most of the r&d already
> done for a dandy new design, and Van's could pick up a nice chunk of
> change and still retain rights to produce experimental kits.

I doubt that that would provide much protection against lawsuits for Van. If I were
in his position, I wouldn't do it. It would probably be better for Van to design
another aircraft for Cessna and not offer it as a kit.

George Patterson
In Idaho, tossing a rattlesnake into a crowded room is felony assault.
In Tennessee, it's evangelism.

[Dan Luke]

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:
> I doubt that that would provide much protection against lawsuits for
Van.

*sigh* Probably true, alas. But how much protection does he have now?