Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "RB.211- The Engine That Sank and Then Saved Rolls Royce" video.

  1. Research & development is a field where experience does count.
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  2. Many companies do not treat the brains behind their products well. Usually, that does not end well. Boeing itself has recently (re)discovered that.
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  3. What makes the difference in these situation is not any knowledge that can be put in a book. It is more a gut feeling that leads to the root of a problem. It is also the experience that guides in determining which characteristics of a part have system-wide relevance, and which have not.
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  4.  @johnsutcliffe3209  "nuances weren't written down" That only means they would not be able to get the design right in one go. They would need to test and refine, re-doing some of the work that was done on the initial F1. But modern engineers would definitely be able to do that successfully, and in much less time.
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  5.  @MilanRegec  That is a much less heroic story. That is the story of a company that cut corners, only to discover there were consequences, first of all for the people that trusted them.
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  6. Every generation of managers needs to learn the same old lessons: - You can't just replace experienced engineers with cheaper ones. - Throwing more people at a project to save it, only makes things worse.
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