Tuesday, 25 July 2017

The Legendary World War II Jeep Had A Dangerous Engineering Flaw

quote [ Despite one of America’s top generals calling the World War II Jeep “America’s greatest contribution to modern warfare,” the little 4x4 wasn’t perfect. In fact, it rolled off the assembly line in 1941 with a terrible design flaw that could have sent soldiers barreling into oncoming traffic. ]

I'm not really a car guy, but I love historical engineering problems (check out, To Engineer is Human:The Role of Failure in Successful Design, by Henry Petroski). This is an interesting one I hadn't heard about before.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+3 Interesting]
[by midden]
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XregnaR said @ 6:49pm GMT on 25th July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBtYXFXa5Ig


XregnaR said @ 6:50pm GMT on 25th July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBtYXFXa5Ig


XregnaR said @ 7:01pm GMT on 25th July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBtYXFXa5Ig


XregnaR said @ 7:01pm GMT on 25th July

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBtYXFXa5Ig


XregnaR said @ 7:02pm GMT on 25th July
dismantling and reassembling a jeep in under 4 min
YouTube: dismantling and reassembling a jeep in under 4 min



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XregnaR said @ 6:49pm GMT on 25th July
dismantling and reassembling a jeep in under 4 min
YouTube: dismantling and reassembling a jeep in under 4 min




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