"Smartace11" wrote in message
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AV-1 was never subjected to stress testing. It was the first flying
prototype. It was rolled out in 1987 and used to validate initial
flying
qualities. It is easy to spot in pictures because it was grey with
black
leading edges before the refurb, not black all over as is the
operational
fleet.

Do you understand the difference between a Nyquist shake and stress
testing?
I expect not, but such a shake produces a nice mathematical model of the
airframe. Using those methods, the breaking point is completely
predictable.

I am not a structures guy nor do I claim to be other than having had
several
college level courses in finite element analysis studying for my degree in
aerospace engneering.. Do I need to know Nyquist to manage projects on a
major weapon system acquisition program?

I would suggest you bypass that level of contols and leave it to EEs and
MEs. Aeros generally lack a proper education in physics and mathematics to
understand nonlinear feedback control systems.

I think after the "law of the wall", while regulatory, turned out to be
dimensionally an equation with no basis in physical reality, we all lowered
our expectaions as to Aeros to less than what the rest of Engineering would
expect a college freshman to know.

This must be the beginning of the" if you can't dazzle them with
brilliance,
baffle them with bull****" phase of the discussion.

I suspect that has been your tactic from the beginning, Mr. sock.

So far you have talked about stress testing of the iron bird and of AV-1,
neither of which happened.

So far your reading and comprehension skills have been stressed beyond their
capacity, Mr. sock.

What does this have to do with anything, especially
with the configuration of the 21 operational B-2s and the evolution of the
fleet which I thought was the subject at hand?

You ran off in this direction to dazzle us with your brilliance, but your
story turned out to be bull****. I am just responding to you with the level
of respect you are giving me.

Oh well, this is all very entertaining just seeing what you can come upt
with
in a legitmate discussion but I have to go now, John.

Glad to educate you.