South Burlington, VT
- Aircraft Year
- 1978 580
- Aircraft Type
- Super Commander
- Reg Number
- N555LP
- Serial Number
- 14405
Hi All,
Aerodyme yesterday received FAA-PMA for the improved elevator hinge fitting assemblies and is taking orders at a special pre-buy price for deliveries to start later in June.
The FAA-PMA means the fitting assemblies are now approved for installation. Separate concurrence from the Wichita ACO is required for them to be accepted as a terminating action for the AD. I have requested that concurrence letter from Wichita, but expect it may be a few weeks in normal propagation through that office. They have been involved in this design from the beginning, and have always referred to these fittings as "the terminating action" in their communications with us. We expect their prompt concurrence for the case of PMA spars and PMA hinges being installed simultaneously, but would not be too surprised if they were to request additional substantiation with respect to use on in-service spars, particularly the case of high-time spars. I am confident we can satisfy any requests they may make.
Those of you ready to order the inocluation kits now can take advantage of the special pricing, a savings of $400, or you can wait and buy later at the regular price.
No complaints about the pricing please. This proper solution has been a heavy-duty engineering and manufacturing project. It would have made no sense to attempt a sheet metal patch, splice, etc. Those "quick" solutions have been tried before in other places on our airplanes, i.e. wing spars, fin ribs, etc and have failed in most cases. Our elevators are too precious to subject to repeated trauma of failed half-measures.
Martine and I greatly appreciate your support, and the many pre-orders we have already received. We are both looking forward to a little breather after we have accomplished all this for all of you, as since January I have been working 12 x 6 + Sundays with only Easter Sunday off, and Martine has not been far behind.
Please fill out and fax the order form, below, and try to keep call-ins to a minimum as our phones have been ringing "off the hook".
The special price is $850 for two kits (covers both elevators).
The regular price is $625 per side.
I'll monitor this thread for questions.
Thanks,
Jim
Aerodyme yesterday received FAA-PMA for the improved elevator hinge fitting assemblies and is taking orders at a special pre-buy price for deliveries to start later in June.
The FAA-PMA means the fitting assemblies are now approved for installation. Separate concurrence from the Wichita ACO is required for them to be accepted as a terminating action for the AD. I have requested that concurrence letter from Wichita, but expect it may be a few weeks in normal propagation through that office. They have been involved in this design from the beginning, and have always referred to these fittings as "the terminating action" in their communications with us. We expect their prompt concurrence for the case of PMA spars and PMA hinges being installed simultaneously, but would not be too surprised if they were to request additional substantiation with respect to use on in-service spars, particularly the case of high-time spars. I am confident we can satisfy any requests they may make.
Those of you ready to order the inocluation kits now can take advantage of the special pricing, a savings of $400, or you can wait and buy later at the regular price.
No complaints about the pricing please. This proper solution has been a heavy-duty engineering and manufacturing project. It would have made no sense to attempt a sheet metal patch, splice, etc. Those "quick" solutions have been tried before in other places on our airplanes, i.e. wing spars, fin ribs, etc and have failed in most cases. Our elevators are too precious to subject to repeated trauma of failed half-measures.
Martine and I greatly appreciate your support, and the many pre-orders we have already received. We are both looking forward to a little breather after we have accomplished all this for all of you, as since January I have been working 12 x 6 + Sundays with only Easter Sunday off, and Martine has not been far behind.
Please fill out and fax the order form, below, and try to keep call-ins to a minimum as our phones have been ringing "off the hook".
The special price is $850 for two kits (covers both elevators).
The regular price is $625 per side.
I'll monitor this thread for questions.
Thanks,
Jim
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