Soaring vs Indoor Karting.

Ok Guys. This is a spinoff of the entertainment thread.....

Indoor Karting is an economically viable business if you can fill the seats.
The usual race at the center I ran was $15 for 12 minutes of track time.
We figured 3 minutes to load the karts with the next race group. This gave
us
on paper, 4 race groups/hr. This is at full utilization. Reality is less
than full
run groups, and dead track time without racers. 4 employees needed.

If you compare this to an attemp to use 2 gliders on a 6 minute cycle time
to get 10 launches an hour at capacity, using 4 employees.....

Karting at capacity 10 karts/group, 4 grps/hr, $15 a ride..... $600 hr
gross.

Soaring at capacity, 10 rides/hr @ $15/ride..... $150/hr gross.

As you can see, it can't/won't work. It's a nice idea but the
numbers just aren't there.

Scott