The company told Duckworth the work to fix the anti-ice issue is complicated.
"Small changes made to the engine inlet can change the behavior of the air as it enters the engine, impacting engine performance. The solution selection process for the potential overheat issue will require a full understanding of safety and compliance impacts on all systems," the company said.
Having gone through all this, I know how a company can be destroyed by the above cheapness. For the old company, it all started when they eliminated coffee and donuts at meetings. Who can think? From then on I just slept through meetings. I would have loved an AI that stopped me from banging my head on the table. How embarrassing!
Boeing started with the max being totally unstable. They strapped huge coyote engines on a tiny plane, and were surprised when it wanted to shoot up like a rocket. Then they tacked on a 'fly by wire' which should only be done for military planes. Needless to say, they were cheap about it, and used the arrivecan people.
That was a dynamic instability, and all the latest engineering failures are due to this. Now they have an unstable engine, so that a few drops of fluid explodes it. In the old days, we used to kick the new design to see how stable it was. Now, they use computer design, so that it is perfectly the cheapest to build, but unstable.
Naturally, we have to wait for an earthquake to see how this pans out for buildings. I'm thinking, not well.
Checking for stability costs an extra 2 cents. Not going to happen these days. They also don't check for standard vibration, like what happens to a panel when you leave out all the bolts.
We can expect more of this from all sectors. All engineering has left the stability building.
ps. I am now out of my thinking time for the day.
pps. image time!
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