Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello all, During our recent sale a customer asked "Why are you selling the R8 for so little? Are they going to be discontinued?" Ernst Hartman replied that Leica spent $40 Million (USD) on the development of the R8. With that kind of investment, we will be looking at this styling for some time! Jeff Alford Keeble & Shuchat Photography - ---------- >From: "A S Jordan" <andrewsjordan@worldnet.att.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Design R8 Part 2(final) >Date: Sat, May 30, 1998, 2:19 AM > > >CAD/CAM support. >The 1200 parts are cdesigned from scratch, usingthe now ellknown technique >of Finite Elements Analysis , a computer model for stress analysis. 80 >Engineers worked for 6 years at these tasks. > > >Erwin: Are you sure of these numbers? If they worked full-time we have a >total of 480 man-years;assuming that 1 man-year of engineering time with >overhead is at least $100,000, the total expenditure for the FEA design >would come to $48,000,000. Or perhaps they all worked only part time. > >regards, Andrew Jordan > >