Will all RV's now have fuel injection?

[Bryan Wood]

This is nuts! The lawyers have gotten to us again from the looks of this. All carbs, and all carb parts will no longer be made due to liabiltiy insurance issues. Does anybody have any knowledge of this?

http://www.precisionairmotive.com/pr-carbdiscon.htm

Best,

[Kyle Boatright]

The update to that story is that someone is purchasing the tooling and rights to those product lines and will continue production.

There is too big of a market out there for carbs and parts for this product line to fall by the wayside.

[John Clark]

I don't doubt that Precision was having issues getting insurance coverage, but I think that it was mostly a public relations play to get some press. It looks like the problem is on it's way to being resolved.

From the AOPA:

A group including Tim Henderson, president of Aero Accessories Inc., and others involved in the Tempest brand of general aviation products have reached a tentative agreement to acquire Precision's line of carburetors and spare parts.

John Clark
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA

[Ironflight]

This was a panic last week - read the enjoyable thread:

http://http://www.vansairforce.com/c...ight=Precision

As John mentioned, this week someone is already stating they will step in and buy the line.

[RV6_flyer]

Originally Posted by Bryan Wood

This is nuts! The lawyers have gotten to us again from the looks of this. All carbs, and all carb parts will no longer be made due to liabiltiy insurance issues. Does anybody have any knowledge of this?

http://www.precisionairmotive.com/pr-carbdiscon.htm

Best,

Brian:

The carb line will be back in operation with a new owner by January 31, 2008.

http://www.precisionairmotive.com/pr...nnounc1120.htm

Their is another option:
http://www.ellison-fluid-systems.com/

[RScott]

This wasn't just a panic thing on Precision's part.

The ECI rep told me last winter that Precision was having problems getting insurance and that the insurance costs doubled the cost of a carb, which was why FI was not that much more expensive. His story was that when a plane went down because of carb ice, the carb was usually destroyed so Precision was unable to demonstrate that there was nothing wrong with the carb or it's design. It was then easy for lawyers to convince juries that the carb was the problem or that it shouldn't have been designed so that carb ice could stop the engine. Furthermore, with thousands of carbs out there, there was a huge potential for lawsuits. A new FI system didn't have that pool of potential lawsuits out there and with FI, ice was not so much of an issue.

If all this is true, I wonder how long the new outfit will stay in the carb business? Did the new guys also take on the liability? That's what usually happens with a business sale.

Richard Scott
RV-9A Fuslelage