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Porsche has always used the highest quality materials. Also, the 914 design was in a class by itself. The British & Italian cars in a similar price range were really pieces of junk (no offense intended), but they were. Brand new Jags at the dealership would have drip pans under them. They may have been faster, but they haven't stood the test of time. This is where material science & reliability statistics have come into play. The Japanese auto industry have the statistician Deming, who trained Taguchi at the end of WWII, to thank for their success. We sent Deming over to Japan at the end of WWII to help them get their shit together. I took many statistics & probability theory courses in college & grad school. One such course was taught by Prof. Bonus who used to work on the reliability of Cadillac engines. I would typically attend his classes while tripping on LSD. His course was lots of fun. I think my final grade was a B. FYI. Cheers.
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Yep. Each rotor blade had a small trim tab that controlled the blade pitch. The pilot stick controlled only that small trim tab - no hydraulic boost was needed. There were multiple rod ended links ( something like 17) that connected the stick to each of the trim tabs. Controlling cumulative slop in those linkages was a maintenance issue ( think of a tail shift linkage x5), but it worked!
All dreamed up by Charlie Kaman.. Very interesting guy with many innovative inventions, including the curved plastic backed guitar |
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