Woahhhh……I apologize if any engineer was offended at my "Most" comment. No slight intended. I should clarify that I was referencing Innovation/Development of new ideas as applied to engineers. Doesn't mean an engineer is bad or stupid. They may be extremely good at what they do. "Most" stick to what they know and have spent considerable time and money learning. Innovation requires looking outside what is known in ones field. Sometimes it is a new material or science outside their area of expertise. In my case I am not an Engineer. But I have many different areas of knowledge from my line of work. I sometimes apply something new from one field to solve a problem in another. My new awareness of Pourous SS had me calling engineers to see if they could use it to solve a problem I had. Some said NO. I found one who said YES, and was already using it. Problem solved. I've met many brilliant engineers/scientist in my line of work who couldn't see the Forest for the Trees, so to speak. I met Richard V about 28 years ago at a gathering of RV'ers at OSH. Not sure if they still do it or not, now that the RV community is 7000+ flying. Back then there were a couple hundred flying. Richard V is a great success. But even way back then people told me he was "Too much of an Engineer" (have no idea what people say today) That can be a good thing. But innovation is not what "Most" engineers do. Peace
Side note: R.V. said back then he hoped to achieve the reputation that GlasAir has. Boy have things changed.
Side note: R.V. said back then he hoped to achieve the reputation that GlasAir has. Boy have things changed.
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