Nick, lets take the NOTAR as an example. It does not matter, if it carries more payload, that was not the objectiv. More safety and less noise is a good selling point too, if paylod is not your first problem. Therefore I would seek another customer segement. Bingo - NOTAR sells good in flat contries for EMS and Police (UK, Holland and Germany. Not black and white, payload or not. No, grey areas, and that is the problem. Even if we try to be objectiv, I would be probably a bit more on the black side, you on the white side.
In engineering, or in my case programing, sometimes you have to make compromises to make another element work. You know that. Therefore it would be very difficult to define the challenge. Sometimes there are several solutions and sometimes it does not work at all.
If you take your three questions and ask 10 experts you get 45 honest oppinons and they are all valuable. Sure, if you read the National Inquirer or the Sun in the UK, I do not get a very good opinion, but we know that. You and I are not that stupid. If I read an aviation magazin I expect the opinon of an expert and also they can fail and we know that too. Even physics are not objectiv, otherwise I would not torture my brain with schroeders cat.
Opinions count, where there is no absolute proof that it can not be done. And there are not many absolute proofs around. Or peoble do not believe them. You can not go faster then the speed of light. But there is serious research going on, to do it anyway. Somebody has an idea and he has the opinion, that it can be done. Why not giving it a try?
I mentioned the VXX only to show that you got feelings about it, not just a clear, sobber technical view of it. I can not juge the S92, but I believe that you are proud of it and you got all the reasons in the world to be proud. I would be sad if you wouldn't.
Good night.
Difficult to get a word in edgewise. I am to slow.
Last edited by Rotorbee; 26th February 2005 at 21:41.