When I started working on the project I was assured that it would have first flight in 4 months, it never flew in the 2 years I was with BAe.
Around the same time an aerodynamics engineer was asking, whether the aircraft would possibly land with the torpedoes still in the bomb bay, as this was important due to the C of G problems (it was too far aft). There were many engineers running around with their hair on fire, figuring out how much fuel to pump around the tanks to maintain an adequate C of G under all conditions, all seemingly due to the necessary positioning of the new wings and engines, which with a new fuselage would have ideally been positioned further aft.
The heavy flying controls, the inadequate autopilot, it all seemed to lurch from one crisis to another, although I was assured these things were just part of the trials and tribulations of building aircraft.
I spent many happy hours on the Nimrod, or being taken places by them, but to say I was concerned about the issues, and how they were handled would be an understatement.