Originally Posted by
ATNotts
Of course we cannot see from the table how many wheels the MOD wants to buy, but £2.5m does sound a tad excessive. Perhaps having tooled up to make them the MOD might be able to recoup some cost by selling replacement for the Canadian based Lancaster as and when they are required.
Not really when it comes down to it, design, metallurgy, tooling, manufacturing, testing, and the all important airworthiness release, I believe the MK1 spitfire props that had to be manufactured came in close to 1 mil per prop.