Originally Posted by John Dixon
Point is they all look pretty much alike; no dents, no dings, and all landing gear and structural loads well within limits.
Hear,Hear. If i had been a design engineer on that program i would feel a great sense of relief that the TP had the experience and skill required to perform the test AND take care of a machine that i had lost many nights of sleep over.
RobboJock, the most successful engineering developments are ones which come of their time. I suspect TR e-drive would initially sit as a back up to a mechanical system. This might later evolve into the ability to break the mechanical link and reduce Ntr in case of hub problems. Later confidence might grow high enough to use two e-drive systems in place of the mechanical system. Then Ntr could be performance optimised.