Re: F1D rules change proposal

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:04:53 -0000

Hi Jake.

Do you really think there is money to be made in selling maybe 20-30 carbon prop outlines a year?

I don't.

It is just like prop blocks to me - I don't sell fixtures, I sell completed blocks. You can carve them if you'd like. Or you could hire me (at way below minimum wage) to run one through my bandsaw, saving you a lot of time in the process. All of time/effort is spent building/refining the fixture. (Well, and hand setting the blade. Can't forget the six hours that takes.) And not everyone can do it as they may not have a bandsaw.

Molds are the same as a fixture to me. You can make a mold and have it come out like crap. Ask me how I know. Takes some time, experimentation and experience to get it right. But once it is right and I have my set of prop blades for personal use, why not be able to send you a pair?

Regards.
Mike Kirda

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Jake Palmer <82.jake@...> wrote:
>
> Did you make the molds because you wanted to make prop blades, or because
> you wanted to make money? Should we change the rules just so people can
> make more money? Or so that people can buy their way into F1D without any
> time investment?
Received on Thu Feb 06 2014 - 12:04:54 CET