While a student at OU, I had the pleasure of visiting with Dr. Karl Bergey, former chief engineer at Piper Aircraft. We got to taking about the trim system for the Cherokee--which is a very clever and simple system, with a minimum of moving parts--and he told me how it came to be. The part in question was designed by a junior engineer. The engineer drew it and showed it to the senior engineers, who promptly said it couldn't be made.
What they didn't know is that before E-school, he had been a machinist. That night, after everybody had gone home, he went out to the shop and made several copies. Come the next morning, he handed a copy to each of the engineers who said it couldn't be made.
That part still exists in Piper Cherokees and their descendants.
What they didn't know is that before E-school, he had been a machinist. That night, after everybody had gone home, he went out to the shop and made several copies. Come the next morning, he handed a copy to each of the engineers who said it couldn't be made.
That part still exists in Piper Cherokees and their descendants.
