Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others

On 1/20/2025 9:09 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 1/20/2025 7:30 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Mon Jan 20 13:17:00 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

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There's a little history on the "Talk" page regarding desmodromic
valves. Here's that "Talk" page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Talk:Desmodromic_valve#Disputed_section:_Disadvantages
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I don't see enough to make a confident judgment.

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Jobst knew an awful lot about desmodromic valves which I suppose he got acquainted with at Porche trying to eliminate valve float. If you got him talking on the subject you couldn't shut him off. He believed they were the cure for everything,

 I think you have that backwards. I suppose I could be wrong. Andrew can probably clarify.
 

Considering he wrote
"Desmodromic valve motion is an anachronism that with diligence can be made to work but at significant cost and design effort. "
"As analytic methods came into use, valve adjustment, hydraulic tappets, push rods, rocker arms and valve float became largely a thing of the past, making desmodromic valve drive a cumbersome engineering relic."
and
"sometimes investment in an idea causes mental blindeness."
I'll submit that, as usual, tom is wrong.