Seriously???!!!!
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 06-20-2017 - 18:50
Erik H. Wrote:
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> Since when did the FRA require GE/EMD/any other
> locomotive builder to publish performance data for
> each locomotive?
>
> Hint: It doesn't freaking matter.
>
> Besides, Union Pacific (Southern Pacific) and BNSF
> (Santa Fe) have been operating trains for over 100
> years in Arizona. The only issue is ONE aircraft
> manufacturer (Bombardier) didn't publish
> performance data for its aircraft above a certain
> temperature, so those aircraft can't operate in
> the heat of the day. Boeing, Airbus, Embrarer,
> did provide performance data and so their aircraft
> can legally fly. It's nothing more than a
> paperwork/legality issue.
I think the Bernouli Principle far transcends legal and paperwork issues. Lift is lift, except when it isn't.