On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:48:57 GMT, Evan Carew
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:43:30 GMT, "Dan"

Interesting economic proposal there. I wonder if its time for the
experimental community to consider something along the lines of a few,
open, i.e. GPLd designs, which manufacturers can build standardized
parts and tooling for.

It could only work with quickbuild kits. I don't think the non-LSA
experimental sector would do it. There is no cap on performance.
Ker-rist, look at the glasair III. Too much leway. If your going to
build, you go for some type of performance or look. Why build cookie
cutter? It might happen, but I doubt it.

HOWEVER, the ELSA area is ripe for this type of standardization.
Capped performance specs. And no 51% rule.

It might be interesting to see if the Experimental Avionics deisgners
might standardize on a commumicaitons bus for flight displays,
transponders, XM and such. With ADS-B relased into the wild, I see
this as a solid possiblity.



Jim

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