F-35's Costs Climb Along With Concerns

In article , "Keith W"
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"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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In article ,
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Note that this is sort of the same approach that lost Germany the war.
Everything was hand-finished to very high standards, while us sloppy
folks cranked out ten times as many tanks as they could because we let
the tolerances be looser and eliminated a lot of the skilled
'touch-labor' in the finishing stages.

Hmmm. I wouldn't ride that horse too far.

Ever see a 1944 built Walther P-38, or Waffenfabrik Mauser?
They didn't spend nearly any time finishing them as compared to
the early war versions.


The German record was very mixed

Keith, I hear ya, and the other posters who have said similar things,
but I still object to Mr McCall's statement that, in Germany,
"Everything was hand-finished to very high standards".
That's just not true. As you point out, it was very selective, and as
I pointed out, there are definite examples of German industry
reducing their quality standards to meet production demands.

cheers

PS: now that the Hobbit's (Rooney) out, what will England do?

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur