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12-17-2008 | 02:51 PM

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From: Rosh-HaAyin, ISRAEL

RE: small engines needed

...And...

If the cost of fasteners and bearings makes you think, it would be impossible to build an engine for the value of a green and black piece of special paper, with Alexander Hamilton depicted on one side; please let me take you out of your misconception...

Fasteners are usually purchased by engine manufacturers, in kilograms; not in units. They typically cost less than one tenth of what a modeler would pay inexpensive sources, like MicroFasteners, or RTL.

Bearings? Even the excellent per-unit prices offered by RC-Bearings, are shadowed by what those buying in thousands pay... The engine manufacturers would typically pay under $0.20 per bearing... OS probably buy theirs for under $0.05...

The photo is from the WikiPedia page on the $10 bill...

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