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Home / Archives / News Archive 2000 / Kosdon and Kosdon East actively working to meet deadline
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Kosdon and Kosdon East actively working to meet deadline |
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2000 Archived News by Paul Robinson
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Tuesday, March 07, 2000 |
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PELHAM, New Hampshire USA — The recent discussions surrounding the availability of Kosdon motors hasn't fallen on deaf ears, at least that's the story from Kosdon and Kosdon East owners Frank Kosdon and Paul Robinson. In an exchange last week with Paul Robinson, he wanted to assure everyone that they haven't been standing by idly waiting on their certifications to expire.
Robinson has been taking the required steps to gain approval from the US Department of Transportation for Kosdon propellant formulations manufactured at his East coast facility. DOT EX numbers aren't an easy task, taking as long as two years to gain approval. Personal and health problems relative to the manufacturer's representative have contributed to the lengthy process as well.
At the core of the Kosdon certification issues were the lack of West coast facilities which further complicated the federal permitting process for manufacturing. According to Robinson, representatives from the DOT have provided sufficient information for them to formulate a workable plan that would achieve the company's desired results.
Part of that plan includes the formation of a separate entity specifically set up to manufacture Kosdon's products legally, a plan that was openly endorsed by Kosdon. Most of the required agreements were already in place to facilitate the new structure, allowing for the propulsion team to complete the restructuring within the next 60 days. This, they felt, would give sufficient time to prepare and test motors for the next certification period.
Robinson states that Tripoli Motor Testing has assured him that they will do all they can to assist him through the process, indicating that the TMT East Coast Testing Group has acquired "a couple of new test cells and is ready to go." Between TMT and NARS&T, Robinson feels they can safely meet the certification deadline with no lapse in availability of motors.
According to TMT policy, Robinson pointed out that Kosdon motors that are subject to the 6/1/00 TMT certification expiration date will be covered under Tripoli's Consumer Protection Policy, a plan whereby motors that were manufactured during the three year certification period would be allowed to be flown for up to three years from the expiration date.
Tripoli confirmed that the Consumer Protection Policy would be available to the Kosdon motors thus affected as long as the manufacturing date was indeed prior to 6/1/00. Tripoli went on to state that motors manufactured after the expiration date which were intentionally labeled with a date prior to 6/1 would be sufficient grounds to waive the protection policy for all Kosdon motors. It should be worthwhile to also point out that a number of Kosdon motors were certified by the NARS&T which aren't affected by the 6/1 TMT certification expiration date. |
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