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Seems strange to me that every time we see companies talking about new engines, the prices are in the stratosphere. They usually try to play that down by claiming it will have a longer TBO. That may or may not be true, but its a bit much expecting owners to gamble on that along with all the other things they have to gamble on with new technology.
It would seem to me that if you were trying to develop and sell new engine technology, you'd make it CHEAPER than current engines or forget it. Uphill marketing battle, for sure. And if you can't do it cheaper, why bother? The engines we have work pretty well even if the designs are old, and who wants to spend a big chunk of money over what he can now pay? If it doesn't get you half the gas costs or twice as fast or something else like that, why bother?
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