HP 90 How eye watering expensive are those new 6 drum options !!
Using the price configurator on the Skylaunch site, and assuming Diesel engines are used in both the 2-drum and 6-drum winches (and excluding any optional extras, since we don't know what 2FTS require, although it would likely be the same on both so it would balance out), my rough estimates are as follows:
2-drum winch = £84,492 each (inc. VAT @ 20%)
x25 = £2,112,300
6-drum winch = £182,265.60 each (inc. VAT @ 20%)
x11 = £2,004,921.60
Actually would be £107,378.40 cheaper!!!
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Edit:
Given those figures, I really don't understand why 2FTS chose the 2-drum option in the first place.
At the time the order was placed, there were 8 conventional glider VGSs, so I presume the plan must have been to give x3 2-drum winches to each VGS (making for 24 in total), thus giving a 6-cable capacity to each VGS.
But x8 6-drum winches could've been purchased for £634,175 less than x25 2-drum winches. Perhaps this is an example of some bean counter looking at unit costs, seeing that the 2-drum winches were almost £100,000 cheaper than the 6-drum winches, and assuming there would be big cost savings as a result? Baffling.