Interesting how "degreed engineers" always put themselves up on pedestals. I've corrected a many engineers. They always brush me off and bring up their degree. But in the end they see the lights and change whatever it was.
funny how that works, right?
"Works" is too vague & subjective. How long will the box live and what is its desired life-span? If it out-lives it's desired life-span then "works" is fine. In this venue I really don't like building something twice, so I take desired life-span to be infinite.
I understand the mentality. but this is where even I will differ from most hard-headed engineers.
I'm pretty hard headed and build things considerably better than traditional standards require, but I'm also realistic. I know plenty of engineers, and have a few in the family.
All are hard headed, few are realistic. And to go from numbers and sketches on paper to working model that is actually worth a dam, you have to be realistic.
Life span is everything. But it must still be relative.
No different in the industry at hand.
And get over it, "infinite" even if plausible, has no business being near a vehicle, period.
Again, come back to earth and be realistic.
I am in no way dis-counting the raw physics. But I am discounting how relative they are to the topic at hand.
So maybe back your thoughts up with some accounts that support your claims.
As in, connect the dots from your engineering standpoint to applicable, realistic accounts.
