"mr_gofast" (jake_berenshteyn)
07/22/2014 at 08:18 • Filed to: INTERESTING STUFF
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"mr_gofast" (jake_berenshteyn)
07/22/2014 at 08:18 • Filed to: INTERESTING STUFF | 0
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Bharat Forge, which supplies crankshafts, axles and steering knuckles to Daimler AG and Toyota Motor Corp., is seeking to make parts such as landing gear for Airbus Group NV and Boeing Co. The company, controlled by billionaire Baba Kalyani, has applied for technical permits, Chief Financial Officer Sanjeev Joglekar said. It expects to start manufacturing the parts "two to three years down the line," he said.
f86sabre
> mr_gofast
07/22/2014 at 08:30 |
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Looks like he is sticking closer to the aero part of aerospace. If he just wants to make smaller forged components to get a toe in he may have a shot. If he actually wants to build commercial landing gear he will have a tough time of it. UTC (Goodrich) and Messier-Buggati have a good lock on full commercial gear assemblies. Landing gear is a very, very conservative part of the aviation world. Good luck to him though!
BATC42
> f86sabre
07/22/2014 at 08:32 |
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That was what I was going to say. The market is not really huge, and you already have a few experts in there. And Messier-Bugatti being part of Safran has a huge impact too.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> mr_gofast
07/22/2014 at 08:52 |
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This post really calls out for a full-on Ash78-style goof on the risks of buying aftermarket suspension parts for your plane at Planezone, but I'm not quite up to it this morning.
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mr_gofast
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/22/2014 at 08:54 |
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whatever happened to ash?
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> mr_gofast
07/22/2014 at 09:01 |
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He mostly quit out due to long-term frustration with Kinja, but we can't completely keep him away - he still posts periodically, but mostly when there's an esoteric joke to be made on the FP.
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f86sabre
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/22/2014 at 10:21 |
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Actually, there are some really good aftermarket airplane parts out there. Standards are just a bit different than what need to be followed in the car world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts_Man…
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> f86sabre
07/22/2014 at 10:29 |
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I think I'd heard about this before. I note that this makes it tricky to repair any non-experimental antique, as the supply of parts might require you to commission parts that are no longer available from secondary sources. I'm guessing that, say, makers of assorted spares for DeHaviland bush planes are probably PMA in many cases, but who knows?
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f86sabre
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/22/2014 at 10:32 |
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There are some interesting names in that part of the world...