I can understand Murphy wanting to protect their property rights, but a
few more dimensions in the manual would be nice. I am still working on
my ailerons and an example is locating the trailing edge (AIL-28). I can
make the 4 parts conform to the note: "Parallel and equal distance - all
4 ailerons." but in the back of my mind I am thinking, "I sure hope the
distance I chose mates with the trailing edge of the wing so there is a
continuous line and not a step between the two."
Terry McClary
------------------------------orig.--------------------------------------There IS another reason - PIRACY !! Several "clones" of
early Murphy designs (which DID have blueprints) have appeared on
the market in Italy and several former Soviet countries, for
example.
The same has happened to others, like Zenair and Rans. There is
little
that a manufacturer can do to protect his work in other countries
...
Murphy has always had a policy of giving price reductions to
the
first 10 or 20 buyers of new designs, to get accelerated feedback on
customer needs/desires.
The early buyers of the Super Rebel kits got a VERY
SUBSTANTIAL
reduction in price in exchange for their acceptance that the manuals
and some parts were still under development, and that they agreed
to help the factory by providing feedback on the suggested
improvements
to the manuals. Some builders have been very helpful and supportive
....
and all are quite certain that they will end up with a very
satisfactory
airplane !!
(Having put over 50 hours on the factory Super in the last
month, flying around Ontario, Quebec, and back out to B.C., I can
tell you THIS IS ONE <GREAT> AIRPLANE !!! It is DEFINITELY the
bargain of the century in terms of price/performance !! )
All of the aircraft manuals are continually being improved,
so, naturally, the Rebel manual, after 10 years of development, is
more refined than the Super Rebel manual, which is only about 4
years
old, but both are improving at a faster rate, as Tech Support gains
experience. The factory still needs positive feedback on ways to
improve things, and are most receptive. They are planning many more
photos, and would certainly appreciate any that you could submit
that
you think would be helpful. (There are only 3 of them, and they have
over 1,500 builders to help, some daily, as well as trying to
improve
the manuals !!) I'm sure they will thank you for the help !
....bobp
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----At 09:11 PM 9/7/00 -0400, you wrote:VeryMike,
The instructions are still a MAJOR problem in the Super Rebel kit.full-sizefrustrating! I would really appreciate it if Murphy would providedrawings.blueprints (ala Van's Aircraft) and lots of photos and assemblysomewhatI've had several perspective SR2500 customers stop by and they arelike theturned off by the lack of blueprints and photos. However, they dothe heckquality of the components.
I've recently purchased some SR2500 drawings from Gordon Hindle;
www.lynx.net/gordon
Thanks to Gordon, we actually have nice drawing of the SR2500. Whytroubleisn't Murphy doing this?
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mnleber@aol.com>
To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: murphy-rebel Digest for 6 Sep 2000
Mike Jones.
It is ever so refreshing to know I'm not the only one havingREBEL aregetting information from the manual. The flaps and ailerons onincludestied together. You are right they really need something thatworkinformation detailing overall assembly so we can see how thingsup andtogether. I was having same problem with the elevator until I wentprobably helpsaw Waynes bird. Then it became clear. More information wouldtolerancesprevent a lot of mistakes and stress if we could see what kind ofdrawingswe could work with. Unfortunately I find the lack of dimensions onmeans wesomewhat disconcerting as it doesn't allow for double checking. Itguesshave to take a lot on faith and assume the manuals are correct. Iif forthat's one very good reason for this forum. It has helped me a lot,*-----------------------------------------------------------------------no other reason to reduce the stress !!!Mike Le Ber R683
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