14-11-2012, 02:17 PM
Hi, Joe,
Maybe your approach is much like mine, I make things work, I don't always understand or want to understand the theory. I have alway been a practical type of engineer. Maybe thats why I hold or have held several patents and design copyrights in my time. I worked at Marconi's for a while on R & D EW and PAR Radar, my practical approach was often far quicker and cheaper than the theory guys answers, who wanted to prove to the n'th degree that the world was round. I well remember them wanting to design an azmuth gearbox which was so accurate and expensive (£80,000 in 1970), I upset several when I pointed out that with a beam angle of 1.5 deg a far cheaper option (£7,000) was as good if not better, it still hit the target at 200 mls. A bit of tax payer money saved. I won the argument and got the order. Many won't agree with my approach but I am happy seeing end results without pain.
Maybe your approach is much like mine, I make things work, I don't always understand or want to understand the theory. I have alway been a practical type of engineer. Maybe thats why I hold or have held several patents and design copyrights in my time. I worked at Marconi's for a while on R & D EW and PAR Radar, my practical approach was often far quicker and cheaper than the theory guys answers, who wanted to prove to the n'th degree that the world was round. I well remember them wanting to design an azmuth gearbox which was so accurate and expensive (£80,000 in 1970), I upset several when I pointed out that with a beam angle of 1.5 deg a far cheaper option (£7,000) was as good if not better, it still hit the target at 200 mls. A bit of tax payer money saved. I won the argument and got the order. Many won't agree with my approach but I am happy seeing end results without pain.
