Originally Posted by
Tashengurt
I'm amazed that something so apparently simple as a wirecutter can be less desirable than a software system that seems to be less than proven.
I would have thought both would be the ideal with the cutters as a minimum and a fail safe for those pesky undetected wires.
Obviously I'm missing something, why isn't it as simple as just bolting cutters on?
I used to live next door to an engineer whose job was to work out the placing of wire cutters on the Merlin. One of the biggest probs was working out the stress paths through the airframe depending on where the cutter blades were mounted. I recollect his team spent a year crunching numbers. I dont think its one of those parts of an aircraft you can test for real (unless the test pilot is willing!)