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I’m not sure there’s much relaxing in quality control in aerospace. The specs are already pretty tight.

• rbanffy 3y ago
  You could, but usually that causes lower performance. When building an airframe, a gram not needed is a gram wasted. In fighters it's far less stringent than spacecraft - for those, even a screw one turn longer than needed is something to avoid.
  • bumby 3y ago
    (FWIW, when I'm saying 'aerospace' I'm using it to jointly refer to "space" and "aeronautics," just in case I gave the impression I was only talking about spaceflight.) Those are technical specs, not quality specs. The quality specs would deal with things like machining tolerances, manufacturer traceability, etc. Point being, if Pratt & Whitney took a seal design from another aircraft to apply to the F-35, it's not like they aren't already tracking the tolerances, material compatibility, etc. When I worked in aerospace, it was very rare that we went to the machine shop to ask for them to make a bespoke component.