Dr.J
Senior Heliman
Location: Ontario, Canada
| You're both right;
low parts count is a bonus for us, in our hobby, because of: ease of build and less: weight, time and cost to rebuild; these are all plusses.
My only point was that it's a mistake to believe that mechanical complexity is necessarily poor engineering; because it's not. Sometimes to achieve a specific end, complexity is required and/or necessary.
I built a V8 Vega, as a teenager (you're probably all too young to know what that is: http://www.cardomain.com/MakeModel/Chevrolet/Vega); but, suffice it to say, a very light and small car, with a lot of horse power and nose bleed acceleration, in a straight line. These days, a BMW M3 is a similar vehicle; accelerating nearly as fast, but also able to handle like a go-kart (which was impossible for the low parts count, V8 Vega). In order for the M3 to achieve both, acceleration and handling, it requires a more complicated design.
This is my only point: mechanical complexity isn't necessarily poor engineering.
John |
