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Old 4th October 2006 | 13:47
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18-Wheeler
 
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Originally Posted by Taildragger67
So it was designed by a committee. Now I understand why it looks like a camel rather than a racehorse...
Don't you think they would've figured this out before the first billion euros had been spent??!! "O
Not that it's definitive, but the documentary I saw on the assembly of the first one had the engineers trying to attacth the tailcone to the main structure of the tail. And it was a good 5mm or so out in diameter and so wouldn't fit without a lot of grunting and pushing and stretching.

That really surprised me, and perhaps now I know why ....
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