* I agree with your post Ehab. A company needs to make a healthy profit in order to survive and to be able to fund R&D. Now, from someone who emailed me, I got some information that did surprise me a lot. I did not know that dealers make up to 25% profit when selling a turbine. While I can understand that the factory needs a good profit to continue operations, I don't see where making almost $1000 on a turbine sale ($4000 turbine) is justified. Why not go factory direct and sell at that price? It would sure increase the number of units sold. Now suddenly the 19 LBS version would be $2400 instead of $3100 and the 36 LBS $3000 instead of $4000. What is it that the dealers do that makes such a price increase worth it?.

** This also explains what Crazy4Flight mentioned why dealers can give away $800 kits if you buy the engine from them.

*** Darrel Usher mentions stupid customers as another reason for high pricing. So why do people who follow the manufacturers recommendations and the manual have to pay for the "idiots" who needs technical support all the time because they operate the turbine wrong. Is that another $500 that could be shaved of the price and be replaced with a "per incidence" charge. Free if it a manufacturing defect, but charged to the customer if it is self induced?





Henry