Me thinks this might have been something you'd have considered before buying the 600.
Except that if he hadn't, by the time the closures became available the 600 tube would have been out of stock. It's a mess.
Me thinks this might have been something you'd have considered before buying the 600.
Me thinks this might have been something you'd have considered before buying the 600.
^Ding dingWildman is showing rear closures, and plugged forward closures. But my regulars of BMS, CS Rocketry, BuyRocketMotors and Apogee are showing out of stock. IIRC the 38mm RAS floating closure and forward closure ring can be substituted for the 38mm Forward Closure Open (motor delay and BMS has it in stock).
That's what I did a year ago when the same stock shortages were extant. I bought the RAS, a complete motor and a shorter case. Each from a different vendor. Works all the same, no worries.^Ding ding
Also, if the 600 is your only 38mm case, then consider getting a 38/240 complete motor. With the combo of 240+600+RAS, you can burn any 38mm reload south of the 38/720.
I can't believe that Aerotech can't find a small machine shop to make their closures. I live in rural NW Wisconsin and almost every small town has a machine shop. So what the hell is going on?I can't believe these shortages are STILL going on. I could understand having this problem for a few months or maybe a year, but now this problem has been going on for FOUR years.
I'm guessing the small machine shops don't have the very expensive CNC machines required for the exacting tolerances demanded by Aerotech. But still ... four years? There is no way this isn't being done deliberately. Small supply creates big demand.
This is why I'm in the process of switching to that other motor/case supplier.
I replaced my 38mm cases, now just have to scrape enough cash together for a big enough reload order to justify the haz fee ...
I'm guessing the small machine shops don't have the very expensive CNC machines required for the exacting tolerances demanded by Aerotech. But still ... four years? There is no way this isn't being done deliberately. Small supply creates big demand.
This is why I'm in the process of switching to that other motor/case supplier.
I replaced my 38mm cases, now just have to scrape enough cash together for a big enough reload order to justify the haz fee ...
So now he can have a hard time getting loads for that other brands cases....So you sold your cases and switched to "another brand" because you couldn't get cases?
So you sold your cases and switched to "another brand" because you couldn't get cases?
I have to agree. To say that Aerotech (or any motor reload manufacturer) is trying to drive up hardware prices by reducing supply is laughable. That’s like accusing Gillette of making fewer razors. If they are doing that they flunked business 101.
The money is in the reloads and the more cases they get out there, the more reloads they will sell.
I'd buy that argument if this had not been going on for four years already with no real end in sight. And reducing supply to drive up prices happens ALL THE TIME. Just two examples, OPEC and the diamond cartels. Ever try selling a diamond ring back to a jewelry dealer?
I was a jeweler for eight years, but those are still completely different examples. Oil and diamonds are the end product. People buy cases to burn motors.
Did I understand you correctly? Why would you get rid of your complete Dr. Rocket cases only to get incomplete AT cases?
I have to agree. To say that Aerotech (or any motor reload manufacturer) is trying to drive up hardware prices by reducing supply is laughable. That’s like accusing Gillette of making fewer razors. If they are doing that they flunked business 101.
The money is in the reloads and the more cases they get out there, the more reloads they will sell.
If this is true, why won't Aerotech license the case and closure designs to a third party like they did with Rouse-tech as mentioned in posts around #2559 in this thread?
I never did see a response from Aerotech on this subject. If Charlie did reply about it, please let me know the post #?
If this is true, why won't Aerotech license the case and closure designs to a third party like they did with Rouse-tech as mentioned in posts around #2559 in this thread?
I never did see a response from Aerotech on this subject. If Charlie did reply about it, please let me know the post #?
Oh I give up.
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