Lawyers, sheesh. Reminds me of the joke about a man’s sadness that a bus with Lawyers ran off a cliff. Did you know them asks his friend. No says the man, crying uncontrollably, there were half a dozen empty seats.
The primary problem is that some lawyers are necessary. As long as that is the case blanket removal of them all is not feasible. You don’t want to go to court without understanding the legal aspects. That currently means lawyer for the most part.
The small aircraft industry is the one I mourned. A single engine aircraft is a very expensive luxury good now. When you actually check one of these out in person, you realize that this six figure purchase is far less complex than your $20K commuter car. Liability via lawyers. If you see a light plane in the air, odds are very good that it is either a homebuilt or an antique.
The light plane industry didn’t do innovation much even when selling lots of aircraft. You wouldn’t have a glass cockpit in a certified light aircraft except for the homebuilt industry pioneering that after airliners got them.
There is nothing wrong with the basic Lycoming or Continental but where is the real fuel injection as opposed to fuel dribbling and things like high energy electronic ignition with variable timing which can be found in some homebuilts?
Cirrus at least went to composite structures but built them the same way that the German glider industry does, unfortunately.
The German glider industry and their recent South African rivals build them the same way the German industry started 60 years ago apart from the change to carbon instead of glass. No prepregs even.
At least they paint them now over the gelcoat so it doesn’t start cracking and falling off in 2 years. That gelcoat was designed to be undercoat.
All I have to say is remove that mattress tag at your own peril…
YouTube is the best place to find out how to build or repair just about anything. Some things are just not repairable, though. The move to “energy efficiency” has driven appliance manufacturers to make moving parts lighter (thus less durable), and increase reliance on electronics for control that are so expensive to replace (if they even can be) that it’s more cost effective to get a new appliance. Junkyards everywhere are being overwhelmed with junked appliances of all kinds. Anyone paying attention has to see that the amount of energy expended increasing the flowrate of appliances due to shorter lifetimes is far greater than the few percent saved by their reduced performance while in service.
Speaking of YouTube, there’s a channel that has old military training films that are remarkably good. One showed how to disassemble, service, and reassemble the propeller hub of a B-17 bomber. The feathering and speed control mechanisms are mechanical works of art, but so demanding to repair that it’s a wonder they could be kept in combat service.
Yeah, YouTube is the place to go but that is different than the corporate stuff he brings up.
YouTube has saved me tons of money fixing cars, tvs, monitors, computers, appliances, etc. Good excuse to buy some new tools and learn some new skills. And its been great for 3d printing.
Lawyers, sheesh. Reminds me of the joke about a man’s sadness that a bus with Lawyers ran off a cliff. Did you know them asks his friend. No says the man, crying uncontrollably, there were half a dozen empty seats.
The primary problem is that some lawyers are necessary. As long as that is the case blanket removal of them all is not feasible. You don’t want to go to court without understanding the legal aspects. That currently means lawyer for the most part.
The small aircraft industry is the one I mourned. A single engine aircraft is a very expensive luxury good now. When you actually check one of these out in person, you realize that this six figure purchase is far less complex than your $20K commuter car. Liability via lawyers. If you see a light plane in the air, odds are very good that it is either a homebuilt or an antique.
The light plane industry didn’t do innovation much even when selling lots of aircraft. You wouldn’t have a glass cockpit in a certified light aircraft except for the homebuilt industry pioneering that after airliners got them.
There is nothing wrong with the basic Lycoming or Continental but where is the real fuel injection as opposed to fuel dribbling and things like high energy electronic ignition with variable timing which can be found in some homebuilts?
Cirrus at least went to composite structures but built them the same way that the German glider industry does, unfortunately.
The German glider industry and their recent South African rivals build them the same way the German industry started 60 years ago apart from the change to carbon instead of glass. No prepregs even.
At least they paint them now over the gelcoat so it doesn’t start cracking and falling off in 2 years. That gelcoat was designed to be undercoat.
All I have to say is remove that mattress tag at your own peril…
YouTube is the best place to find out how to build or repair just about anything. Some things are just not repairable, though. The move to “energy efficiency” has driven appliance manufacturers to make moving parts lighter (thus less durable), and increase reliance on electronics for control that are so expensive to replace (if they even can be) that it’s more cost effective to get a new appliance. Junkyards everywhere are being overwhelmed with junked appliances of all kinds. Anyone paying attention has to see that the amount of energy expended increasing the flowrate of appliances due to shorter lifetimes is far greater than the few percent saved by their reduced performance while in service.
Speaking of YouTube, there’s a channel that has old military training films that are remarkably good. One showed how to disassemble, service, and reassemble the propeller hub of a B-17 bomber. The feathering and speed control mechanisms are mechanical works of art, but so demanding to repair that it’s a wonder they could be kept in combat service.
Yeah, YouTube is the place to go but that is different than the corporate stuff he brings up.
YouTube has saved me tons of money fixing cars, tvs, monitors, computers, appliances, etc. Good excuse to buy some new tools and learn some new skills. And its been great for 3d printing.