In other words, who came up with the 1500 ft-lb benchmark, and how did he get there? What information did he evaluate and how did he evaluate it in order to conclude that 1500 is the right number? Why not 1250 ft-lbs, or 2,000, I've seen 2,000 thrown around too?
So, what is the magical 1500 ft-lbs based on ?
Without commenting on it's validity, the 1,500 ft-lbs minimum apparently was generated by Whelan, and 2,000 ft-lb minimum was adopted by Boddington (the author of the chapter excerpted below). I think Boddington later downplayed this.
Why ??? Why did you do that ??? I was having fun watching him twist himself around on that That was the low bar of knowledge he was using as a Litmus Test, it showed just how limited his knowledge base is, he thought that was important and that only an expert would know it LMAO
Now you spolied it ... wait for his predictable response
