CT4ME Posted May 16, 2014 Report Posted May 16, 2014 http://generalaviationnews.com/2014/04/20/flight-design-goes-global/
FredG Posted May 16, 2014 Report Posted May 16, 2014 Does the phrase "just in the nick of time" ring a bell?
ralarcon Posted May 16, 2014 Report Posted May 16, 2014 I suspect in the "near" future, most airframes(if not all), will be comming from China. Cheers
Anticept Posted May 16, 2014 Report Posted May 16, 2014 I just hope this won't be a repeat of the cessna 162's poor quality construction. Hearing about plane production in china just doesn't sit well with me.
mocfly Posted May 17, 2014 Report Posted May 17, 2014 The key to manufacturing in China will be to have a person who is not a Chinese national responsible for quality. My comment is based on first hand knowledge. Many companies now employ European, Australian or other non national personnel to keep the factories on the straight and narrow. With the Chinese government slowing subsides to its manufacturing companies those super low cost days are fast coming to a close. The hard goods industry is beginning to see a trend as more and more US companies re-shoring due to the continued increase in pricing year after year for the last 3-5 years.
FastEddieB Posted May 17, 2014 Report Posted May 17, 2014 If I thought a plane built in China would have the same quality as an iPhone built in China, I would not hesitate for a moment to consider one.
Doug G. Posted May 17, 2014 Report Posted May 17, 2014 I was not aware of quality issues with the Skycatcher. Design problems were the issues I was aware of, that falls on Cessna.
Anticept Posted May 17, 2014 Report Posted May 17, 2014 I'm not entirely sure who the blame falls on, but as I understand, there was some manufacturing issues early in production, and not just design problems.
CT4ME Posted May 17, 2014 Author Report Posted May 17, 2014 I was not aware of quality issues with the Skycatcher. Design problems were the issues I was aware of, that falls on Cessna. 'Would have to agree. The "stories" of quality problems seemed to have come from folks who had an axe to grind... bigoted, anti-LSA, anti-Cessna. I know and respect several people who fly c162s, and never hear anything about "quality problems". What I've seen looked OK.
WmInce Posted July 31, 2014 Report Posted July 31, 2014 Regardless of where it is produced and assembled, I think quality control is the key to its success.
ralarcon Posted July 31, 2014 Report Posted July 31, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland_Bay_Bridge Cheers
Anticept Posted July 31, 2014 Report Posted July 31, 2014 Regardless of where it is produced and assembled, I think quality control is the key to its success. This is the key to success no matter WHERE something is built. As long as I hear strong oversight in the factory in China, I won't be as nervous about it. Maybe it's unfair to to consider some of the other finished cheap chinese goods coming out of that country and automatically assume FD's stuff will be the same, but here in the United States, if something has "made in china" stamped on it, there's a very negative stigma about the quality with it. We already have some people who don't like it when I say my plane is built in Ukraine. Yes, I know: China produces some top notch goods, and the US has some really shitty goods too. It's all about the QC. Thing is, it's not always about ACTUAL quality either. PERCEIVED quality can make or break a product, especially if it is safety critical.
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