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Re: droneputt post# 13149

Sunday, 11/27/2005 11:21:10 PM

Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:21:10 PM

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Look at it this way. The CT retails for about $500. Supposedly 30% of that is profit making the cost to HISC $350 each. You have to figure the manufacturer is making about 25% gross profit to be able to cover SG&A expenses and still turn a profit, which makes the probable cost per unit about $262.

Here's where it gets a little harder to gauge, but I would say you are looking at probably 40% materals cost, leaving the labor costs at $150 at the absolute most. Since the company producing them is based out of Kansas City, if they are made in the US it could take at most 5 total mn hours to produce one (based on a conservative $30 per hour total labor costs).

In reality they probably can crank them out several hundred per hour. There doesn't appear to be that much to the design. The circuit boards are most likely stamped out quickly, and then a minimum of minor assembly.