It certainly does not prove that the discussions had substance or contained technical improvements. Being also able to prove the designing,building and racing of the technology under investigation some ten years earlier does.richard_leeds wrote:I signed a confidentiality agreement on behalf of my company a few years ago when we met a chap who we thought might be interesting. We did as a form of flattery. He didn't tell us much that we didn't already know, and we couldn't see how could benefit our organisation. We've not seen him since. Point being that existence of a CA doesn't have mean that the conversation had substance.autogyro wrote:I have CA's with Toleman, Benneton, Williams and Ferrari to prove it ol son.
ps - what has the timing of the USA into WW2 got to do with a chap making an electric slot car? Is there some causal link that I'm missing???? Was Roosevelt such an ardent slot car fan that he conspired to enter WW2 in order to protect the invention? Or is this an obtuse invocation of Godwin's Law?
The reference to the Americans not being in WW2 in 1940, simply proves the huge superiority of Britain's wartime engineers. In this case of one engineer designing a model system some 20 years ahead of it's time, while still being able to participate in a major air campaign against huge odds.
What Roosevelt did in peacetime America was his problem.