at one point this was sketched on the tablecloth, which the Russians took home. This is in Joe Sutter’s autobiography
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Fun fact; engines are held on with only 2 big bolts. They are made here in PDX, super old-school. Each has a phonebook of docs
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yeah! they’re designed that way to shear off, right?
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$4k each beautiful, with astonishingly perfect threads. It’s like holding an 8 pound part of a Swiss watch.
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there’s something amazing about big things built to high tolerance. Imagine the juice you could press with it
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Personally, I get off on the crazy lightweight stuff. Like a GE carbon/titanium fan blade.pic.twitter.com/i7nMAtM7C2
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A blade made at that CFAN factory, has never failed in service. Ever.
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that video is awesome. And that blade shape is kind of mesmerizing
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Notice they blur out all the control screens and skip a WHOLE bunch of steps
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hah, I didn’t see that, but you’re right. Even the display on the giant oven at 4:12 is blurred
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