Certainly makes more sense that way Arnie.
Albert comes across as trying very hard to do business, despite reservations many people have about some of the issues engendered during the time China has been doing trade with the West. Not all his explanations are entirely convincing and he has hurdles to cross but he is certainly working on it.
Foreign manufacturers have gone across there, and do seem to have been able to set up and maintain quality control with the goods up to scratch. How much protection they have and how long remains to be seen.
Yes price matters, and yes goods will be sold, but, it will take time to get past and forget some of the huge amounts of undoubtedly substandard rubbish that has been produced.
Reputation is hard to build, and takes time. Despite the arguments put for 'copying', the avoidance of recognition/payment to origional developers does still stick in the throats of many, even if the price overcomes the scruples of the majority, but steps can be taken in that direction too.
Going directly to developers and dealing with them can be a little more expensive, but with China's low labor charges, still a mutually beneficial exercise. It has, and is, being done, so lets look forward to the time when gyros and their ancillary parts can benefit from lower costs without some of the concerns that have been raised[/QUOTE
Leigh
It is very hard to break in with aviation components in North America no matter how colorful I might up it up. American perception and idiosyncrasies are complex and significant differences in consumer evaluations across the various levels in the population about aviation manufacturing ,caused mainly by the brand, which overshadows country-of-origin effects in the case of the USA, but emphasizes these effects in that of Chinese goods.
I was told by many western aircraft parts manufactures the selling approach should be made as been manufactured in North America, and perhaps there are right. Siemens products are nearly all made in China, exported to Germany, the last crew on a particular item fitted in Germany makes it all Made In Germany. From the inception the company in conjunction with another Asian partner set up only with the intentions to manufacture some aviation components only for the emerging Chinese aviation markets, gearboxes, engines and other items, the intentions to export was ,unless all the products were throughout tested, modified, quality controlled and achieve a price structure convenient for export. While the companies are selling the products in China with great successes, the export will be dependent…. see post 120.
Having acquired ISO 9001:2000 certifications for two of the PSRU, the quality control proses is quite stringent by the PLA aviation authorities, the absence of it, export license would be withdrawn. You are mistaking again, we have not copied anything, we have reversed the engineered some PSRU, is on record, public approaches has been made to the originator of one said boxes, he declined all the offers made to him ,and that settles our argument. I must reiterate the fact that reverse engineered is absolute legal, encouraged, and in the end result we have developed a far better PSRU as the one made by the originator.
There is the lingering question about morality of reverse engineering and as mentioned above , offers were made, rejected, and I guess this settles the morality argument too. Some cynicisms to the subject, the USA army are the masters in reverse engineering’s.
Being a lover of aviation and have an inclination for the gyro guys not only for the sales pitch, I am confident once the PSRU are available to them and a very price structure and availability, extended warranties, service and implementation and, ultimately the brand name, those hard throats will mellow, will touch, feel and…maybe buy it too. Time and the Chinese market is on our side.
Thanks
Albert