B: J-stringer, Single Rivet, etc.

[John Deakin]

At 06:50 2/8/2005, you wrote:
>Your note implies loads have been measured.  But nothing has
>been disclosed.   If you have new empirical engineering data that's
>relevant to the problem, can you put please it on the table?

Mildly curious question, would y'all prefer that George spend time 
disclosing everything he knows, or on working on a solution?

It is absolutely astonishing to me how much he does disclose, and how much 
time he'll take with almost anyone who walks in, and how much he shares of 
himself here and elsewhere.

But it seems to be never enough, everyone wants more, and there are some 
who accuse him of somehow being "not good" for not telling all he knows, 
when he knows it, or even before he knows it.

Folks, this man is SERIOUSLY overloaded, to the point we who know him well 
are worried about him.  Give him a break, willya?

Yeah, I know, you were fussing at Walter, but in the end, all the 
engineering data comes from George, and takes up his time.  In many cases, 
he is developing entirely new tools (hardware, software, firmware, 
brainware), to look at various things an entirely new way that vividly 
demonstrates the engineering issues.  I have personally seen a clip of T-34 
structure that shows "hot spots" for stress in real time, much like radar 
shows thunderstorms.  I recall many years ago when George first started 
looking a an "X-tail" Bonanza, and wired up the whole tail of a Bonanza 
fuselage with strain gauges just to see what's going on.  I was there 
shortly after the system came up, and George said "Watch this."  He put a 
small (3/8" I think) open end wrench on the horizontal stabilizer, and we 
watched as the computer traces from the strain gauges jumped.  Some of them 
clear up in the fuselage, maybe 3' forward of the tail.

Folks, no kid on Christmas morning ever had the look of childlike wonder 
and excitement as George did, at that moment.  There have been a LOT of 
"Watch This!" moments at the Mouseworks in Ada.  Even better, he knows what 
to do with it.  He WILL come up with an elegant fix, at reasonable 
cost.  Anyone not working with him on these issue, is working against the 
entire fleet.

I'd stake my life on it.


Best...
John Deakin
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