Comments on: Basting the Turducken https://didacticmind.com/2023/04/basting-the-turducken.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sun, 09 Apr 2023 06:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: furor kek tonicus ( drink a beer just as Fake and Gay as Biden is, drink Budweiser ) https://didacticmind.com/2023/04/basting-the-turducken.html#comment-7840 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 06:48:28 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=17830#comment-7840 Such a system works well in the private sector, Schmidt said
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the fun thing is that JIT only “works well” in the private sector so long as nothing unusual happens.
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remember the fake ass Corona shut down? remember the toilet paper shortages? you know why that happened? because of JIT supply chain practices. the same thing happened to the auto manufacturers getting jammed up by the lack of IC chips and artificial demand for face masks and hand sanitizer, etc.
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JIT renders any product very sensitive to hiccups in the supply chain and also renders the market easily subject to people who try to corner the market or hoard product like that guy who bought up all of the hand sanitizer in his county and then tried to sell bottles for a many multiple markup.
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and, of course, JIT is exactly the smartest cost cutting measure to take when you’ve off shored most of your industrial production to China … while Joe Derpy Biden rattles sabres at China.

]]> By: Gryphon https://didacticmind.com/2023/04/basting-the-turducken.html#comment-7838 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 21:05:02 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=17830#comment-7838 I’ve been a Jet Mechanic for over 40 Years now, watching (but not participating in) the Transition from Airplanes designed by Engineers who did Hands-On Work, even Flying their own Designs, like Scott Crossfield did. The current generation (well, maybe the last Two) of “aircraft designers” have Lost the ability to use common sense in favor of “Computer-Aided Design” and “Computer Modelling” instead of the Experimental/Prototype/ Production sequence that produces Airplanes that Work.

Aircraft Design is always about Compromises made for Performance- the Performance Goals must be Defined, and rather Narrow in order to produce a good, even Great, Aircraft. The A-10 is probably the last example of this principle being applied to a USAF Plane. It is Slow, Maneuverable, Heavily-Armored, carries a lot of Bombs and Rockets, and is fitted with a Big Gun. Everything needed to Shoot Up stuff on the Ground.

Claims that the F-35 can 'replace' the A-10 in the Ground Attack role are pure Stupidity, sold by those in the MIC who are driven only by One Goal - Profitability. The Overcomplexity of the 'Turducken' in an attempt to build "One Plane to Rule them All" has had the Expected (by us Old-School guys) result of a Plane that doesn't do Anything very well, and certainly not as Good as any 'purpose-built' Plane that has One, and only one Role to perform.

The consolidation by 'financialization' of the Aviation Industry has led Directly to all aspects of Airplane Design and Production being 'managed' by people who not only have No Clue as to the basic Physics of Flight, but couldn't Change the Oil in a Turbine Engine to save their worthless lives. (Pro Tip- it's usually Easier and Cleaner than on a Car).

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