Originally Posted by
Blacksheep
Wasn't it designed by a bunch of civilians using slide rules, pencils and paper - and built by civilians using basic hand tools and windy drills?
It was built like a proverbial brick s**t house and a pig to work on. At FR Aviation I started in Electrical and to remove and service most items was a total pain. I particularly remember there was a generator (or inverter / alternator) in one or both of the booms and they were dreadful to remove.