Originally Posted by
Aaron Novak
Tom,
I dont think finding the people is the issue, it being able to afford the work. 99% of the time one would need access to the capabilitys of an engine companys engineering facility to be able to do the work, and those that have that access are usually so dang busy that they have little time for these kinds of projects as " side jobs". Most companys in the engine business will do outside work, however most are not willing to do anything aviation related, or are priced above what the antique community could afford. Many of us have toyed with the idea of creating an engineering company just for old airplane engines, but the same problem seems to crop up, there just isnt the money out there to support such an endevor. Most of the cost is in the materials engineering part, gas spectrometers and SEMS arent cheap to own or use, and not cheap to farm out either. Dimensional work is pretty straightforward. Materials compatability is mostly experienced based. It could be done and done well, jsut not cheap.