Snow Russian Arctic Tractors

[doxford jim]

They are pretty good at taking something apart, and building more like it. I saw a Russian built B29 that they built from a captured example. It was complete down to the Boeing logo on the steering yokes.

I suspect they trained the Chinese too !

 

[adventure bob]

Yeah the Chinese are getting pretty good at developing stuff on their own. Give them 10 more years and they're going to be on par with the Japanese and Koreans in terms of R&D vice plagiarism and knock offs.

 

[breadtrk]

I can't really say how I know or why I know, but I do know I would put my faith in some of the very rugged and simple stuff the Ruskies built long before I would the overly complex and not so rugged stuff we produced in the 70's through the 90's. We are once again on the top in ruggedness but a lot of our stuff is still very overly complicated.

 

[cre10]

Cool!

 

[Egon]

I can't really say how I know or why I know, but I do know I would put my faith in some of the very rugged and simple stuff the Ruskies built long before I would the overly complex and not so rugged stuff we produced in the 70's through the 90's. We are once again on the top in ruggedness but a lot of our stuff is still very overly complicated.

Remember the antique valves the Russian's used in their military electronics. Turned out it was because they more resistant to EMF's than the modern chips.

 

[Cherokee140]

They are pretty good at taking something apart, and building more like it. I saw a Russian built B29 that they built from a captured example. It was complete down to the Boeing logo on the steering yokes.

My point exactly...don't forget the Rolls Nene engine as well....how many of those killed us.

 

[Cherokee140]

Yeah the Chinese are getting pretty good at developing stuff on their own. Give them 10 more years and they're going to be on par with the Japanese and Koreans in terms of R&D vice plagiarism and knock offs.

China....another country that does not foster thinking....but now that HK is theirs I think they are seeing the light, but trying to figure out how to keep things just like they are but allow changes.

I would bet a few more people need to be run over by tanks before that country steps up to making their own stuff.