Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
Well, I could think about a number of examples where this theory didn't hold water. Problem is just - given that they are unsuccessful they don't stay for long in peoples minds ...
Remember the good old W-a-n-k-e-l engine (btw this censor program around here is really stupid ...) which not just (the inventor) NSU but neither GM, Mercedes Benz nor Citroen or Mazda managed to make reliable?
A little bit further back - remind me when they turned the Zeppelin into a reliable and trust worthy mode of transport?
Ah yes - and closer to home - what about the Stirling engine?
I guess it is fair to say that many engine and transport concepts never get off ground, some do but never become reliable and a few mature and succeed. History will tell us into which of these categories the latest RR engines belong. I don't hold my breath.
Discl: happy non-holder ;);