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NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: Circlotron on September 02, 2021, 11:52:23 pm ---Can you imagine Rolls Royce changing their name to something people have never heard of?

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Few hobbyists would even notice, let alone the general public. (Also, it was Pratt and Whitney that had two catastrophic engine failures on the same day, not Rolls Royce.)

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on September 04, 2021, 03:13:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: Circlotron on September 02, 2021, 11:52:23 pm ---Can you imagine Rolls Royce changing their name to something people have never heard of?

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Few hobbyists would even notice, let alone the general public. (Also, it was Pratt and Whitney that had two catastrophic engine failures on the same day, not Rolls Royce.)

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Erm, I think they would. Most people would look askance at a "Cockford-Ollie Phantom" or a "Cockford-Ollie Ghost" and would not want to change to using "The Cockford Ollie of ..." as a superlative (and subsequently get a letter from Cockford-Ollie's lawyers), well all except for one Canadian Francophone from BC.

james_s:

--- Quote from: SparkyFX on September 04, 2021, 02:36:51 pm ---Yeah, sure, and it is obviously an emotional statement. It's just that decision-making out of such a mood is more likely skewed and leads to unreasonable actions. Agreed, an opinion in and of itself has no consequences, otoh the majority of the stock market seems to work based on their relatively uninformed opinion.

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Well I'm not going to stop buying their products because I think their new name/logo is stupid. I'm just going to roll my eyes and maybe vent a little about all the corporate stupidity and marketing wank that goes on. This is not major life decisions we're talking about here, sometimes it just feels good to complain about stuff.

james_s:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on September 04, 2021, 03:13:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: Circlotron on September 02, 2021, 11:52:23 pm ---Can you imagine Rolls Royce changing their name to something people have never heard of?

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Few hobbyists would even notice, let alone the general public. (Also, it was Pratt and Whitney that had two catastrophic engine failures on the same day, not Rolls Royce.)

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Rolls-Royce has also had engine failures, IIRC a 767 crashed years ago after both RR engines on the plane failed almost simultaneously due to ice crystals forming in the fuel-oil heat exchangers. Some GE CF6 engines suffered catastrophic failure of the fan disc, including the one leading to the crash of United 232. I don't think there is a company around that hasn't had at least a few catastrophic failures of their turbine engines, given the immense stresses the components operate under, the great complexity of the engines and the sheer number of them in operation at any given time I think it's remarkable just how dependable they are. A commercial pilot can go their whole career without ever having to shut down an engine in flight.

Cerebus:

--- Quote from: james_s on September 04, 2021, 05:24:46 pm ---Rolls-Royce has also had engine failures,...

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You know that you're in with a bunch of nerds engineers, when "Rolls-Royce" is synonymous with 'jet engine' not 'flash motorcar'.  :)

(Especially if someone subsequently pops up and says "Turbine engines actually.".)

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