ORIGINAL: S_Ellzey
For years BVM had a simple offer on their web site, if you have a problem with a Smooth Stop, no matter how old it is, we well fix it free of charge. A couple years ago Bob told me that not one single person had ever taken them up on that offer. So when you hear some one complaining about a Smooth Stop remember, they had rather complain about it than have it fixed free of charge.
Nope – it’s that I'd rather use something that just works without:
[ul][*] having it fixed for $X each time (It aint free when we have to pay for shipping it back & forward each time)[*] having to fart around with it each time it chooses not to work.[*] having down-time for the airframe each time it has to go back (or have the cost of having multiple spares to use while the non-working parts go back to BVM)[*] having to deal with BVM folks saying “It works for me when I bench-test it – must be something about your installation” even though the installation has not changed one iota since the last 30 flights in which the valve worked fine.
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Why should I choose to put up with all that, when I can have something that just works, plain & simple ?
Gordon