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<blockquote data-quote="rhodesbe" data-source="post: 1689564" data-attributes="member: 2415"><p>That wasn't a very well researched book: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp</a></p><p></p><p>Consider this before romaticizing Russian engineering:</p><p> - They steal and mimic technology: ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44</a> ) Everyone does it. There's nothing too unique about Russian design.</p><p></p><p>- They screw up too: The MIG-21 initially was designed with a range of 75 additional kilometers, until during test flights it was discovered that 25 gallons of fuel are not recoverable by the intake out of the midline fuel tank due to the way it was designed. Every MIG-21 ever flown landed with 25 gallons of fuel, not matter if the engine was burning or not. Nice work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rhodesbe, post: 1689564, member: 2415"] That wasn't a very well researched book: [url]http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp[/url] Consider this before romaticizing Russian engineering: - They steal and mimic technology: ( [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4[/url], [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44[/url] ) Everyone does it. There's nothing too unique about Russian design. - They screw up too: The MIG-21 initially was designed with a range of 75 additional kilometers, until during test flights it was discovered that 25 gallons of fuel are not recoverable by the intake out of the midline fuel tank due to the way it was designed. Every MIG-21 ever flown landed with 25 gallons of fuel, not matter if the engine was burning or not. Nice work. [/QUOTE]
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