REFLECTOR: RE: I AM A JERK (for buying an MT prop)

[Wayne]

And I used to think My IVo was cheap junk. East German West German  You just cant win. Sorta reminds me of the Audi I used to own. It made me think the Fuehrer was still in charge.
Wayne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Sower 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:08 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: RE: I AM A JERK (for buying an MT prop)


  <... it was their INTENT to do nothing but high quality work ...>
  And they insist vehemently that they are unerringly successfully in that endeavor.

  That's why they call 'em Germans.  

  I concluded after some years of working on Mercedes and Audis that "Germain engineering" is a carefully nurtured mystique and German engineers are a bunch of unreconstructed Nazis.  I regard a Mercedes as a good solid $30,000 car strapped to a $50,000 hood ornament.

  But that's just me ... Jim S.

  Chuck Jensen wrote:

    Jim,

    Facetiousness becomes you.  I should have said that it was their INTENT to do nothing but high quality work.  Their actual results may, and do, vary.

    Chuck

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On Behalf Of Jim Sower
    Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 4:06 PM
    To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
    Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: RE: I AM A JERK (for buying an MT prop)


    <... They just want to do all to prop work to a very high level of quality and are not interested in considering compromises ...>
    That would explain the absence of leaks and other flaws in all the stuff they work on and their total willingness to stand behind all the maintenance work and upgrades they do.

    Chuck Jensen wrote:

      Tom,

      I sense a certain "tenseness" in your relationship with MT.  I would advise you to chill out but that's a little difficult to do when you're biting nails in half.  However, I would advise you to explore alternative repair at Velocity, to see if that's viable.   After seeing the repair to the composite blades, it's actually less sophisticated then one would expect.  

      MT is just in a mode that anything that they deal with must be brought back to new condition and they have little interest in accommodating good-enough solutions that are perfectly satisfactory and safe.  In the end, I doubt anyone will be successful in adjusting MT's attitude toward their business.  And, in all fairness, their attitude isn't totally wrong.  They just want to do all to prop work to a very high level of quality and are not interested in considering compromises, even when they don't compromise safety.   Their way or the highway.

      Chuck
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      -----Original Message-----
      From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On Behalf Of Tom Martino
      Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:09 AM
      To: reflector at www.tvbf.org
      Subject: I AM A JERK (for buying an MT prop)


      Did I mention that they don't answer email regarding important updates and service bulletins?  There are updated seals that do not leak grease, plus some other key service bulletins.



      When you email them to ask if you serial number is affected (my prop was delivered December 2003) . they do not have the courtesy to answer you.



      If you call them . they tell you to send it in . not for the update . just so they can look at it. Hey do not have the decency to look something up while your on the phone.



      Do they think we all have time to pull props and ship them for the hell of it?



      I have a new mission:  To let people know about this company (and by the way, I have means).



      I believe Velocity ought to reconsider their recommendations.



      Tom



        

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