http://www.globalnews.ca/a+little+more+ ... story.htmlI want to bring special attention to the requested funds Bourdeau Industries wants and their expectations with those funds...I am here to tell you that there is no way 1) they will stay under $50mil and 2) there is no way they will make useful progress by the end of that 1 year grant. 3) So far it is taking us about 3 years to bring the Great Lakes back and we changed far less and are building it by hand, so we can get away with many many things that Bourdeau will have to face...in other words, the guys at Bourdeau are sorely misunderstanding how much work they are in for.
It took 5 YEARS for 15+ highly dedicated men to start cranking out WACOs in 1986. That was with all drawings, jigs, tooling, etc available and minimal changes. Also, they did not setup for production, the first YMFs were 100% hand built. Plus the FAA let them get away with stuff that no other manufacture can dream of, the FAA held them and holds us to the original standards of the original aircraft (which are very VERY loose). Just to put it in perspective.
