deptrai:
It's a bit ironic that a battery which is only there as a redundant
contingency measure, to add to safety, now instead causes trouble, but I
applaud Boeing for being ambitiousbut I applaud Boeing for being
ambitious....
...and so do I. It's a very advanced design from the info available.
There's no progress without change and as technology and engineering solutions
become ever more complex, so will the risks multiply. There's no free lunch
and engineering will always be a devil's compromise between cost, reliability
and performance.
The A340 fbw design is still controversial in some areas, even years after
introduction, but let the record speak for itself...