Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Vector Twin Turbo Designer Passes Away (NFC)

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

It all comes down to how stringent on the requirements are you trying to meet and how do you document and approve it. That $18k toilet costs that because of the pedigree to show it from a flight safety perspective.  Overkill for something that never leaves the ground.

The joke that made the rounds of NASA was that the Saturn V had a reliability rating of .9999.  In the story, a group from headquarters goes down to Marshall and asks Wernher von Braun how reliable the Saturn is going to be. Von Braun turns to four of his lieutenants and asks, "Is there any reason why it won't work?" to which they answer: "Nein." "Nein." "Nein." "Nein." Von Braun then says to the men from headquarters, "Gentlemen. I have a reliability of four nines."

On Jan 21, 2021, at 10:42 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:



Oh really, how so? The choice of componentry and/or construction methods?

 

Composites and high tech are only now in wide-spread use. This was WAY out there 30 years ago (damn, has it really been 30 years?).

 

Peter

 

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From: Erik Nielsen
Sent: January 21, 2021 5:40 AM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Vector Twin Turbo Designer Passes Away (NFC)

 

I remember the articles in period talking about using aerospace materials and approaches thinking that’s so cool.

 

Now that I work in aerospace all I can think is what a stupid idea.