REFLECTOR: RE: I AM A JERK (for buying an MT prop)
Jim Sower
canarder at frontiernet.net
Tue Mar 15 16:57:00 CST 2005
I've been calling them "Hitler's Revenge" since the 70s. I think the
best and the brightest of German engineers are assigned to the team that
... denies access ... to whatever it is you want to work on. You need to
be a Japanese mechanic (ten-inch, five-knuckle bionic fingers) to be
productive at all.
Has it all been said yet? ... Jim S.
Wayne wrote:
> 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 <mailto:canarder at frontiernet.net>
> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
> *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
>> Do Not Archive
>> -----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
>>> Do Not Archive
>>> -----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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