Modified DAPCA IV Cost Model for I400

We=

2600.00

Pounds, empty weight

V=

300.00

Knots, Vmax

Q=

1

Production quantity

FTA=

1

Flight test acft quantity

Neng=

1

Number of engines

Ceng=

$525,000

Cost of engine, prop and accessories

Cavion=

$110,000

Cost of avionics & instruments

Cinv=

10%

Cost of inventory

Inventory Factor

0.1

Re=

$86

Cost of engineering per hour

Engineering Factor

1

Rt=

$88

Cost of tooling per hour

Tooling factor

1

Rq=

$81

Cost of quality control per hour

Rm=

$73

Cost of manufacturing per hour

Length of Certification Program in Years

7

He=

208,670

Engineering Hours

Average Number of Engineers

14.33

Ht=

83,098

Tooling Hours

Average tooling employees

5.71

Hm=

42,802

Manufacturing Hours

Manufacturing Hours per unit

42801.56

Hq=

2,277

Quality Control Hours

could be .076 for cargo, otherwise .133

Cd=

$6,212,906

Development Support Cost

Number of production employees

2.94

Cf=

$1,011,818

Flight Test Cost

Number of Flight Test Hours

11765.32

Cm=

$308,790

Materials Cost

Material Cost per Aircraft

308,790

Ca=

$110,000

Avionics and Instrument Cost

Ce=

$525,000

Cost of engine, prop and accessories

Cinv=

$30,879

Cost of Inventory

RDT&E+Flyaway=

$36,766,564

Total Cost of the Program

He per AC=

208,670

Total Engineering Hours in Program/Acft

Fudge Factor

0.4

Cacft=

$36,766,564

Cost per Aircraft

Csell=

$47,796,534

Selling Price @30% Markup

Markup Factor

1.3