Quote Originally Posted by WESTERNAERO View Post
Snoc, I don't understand why you have such a hard-on about digitizing a prop. If anything you're going to get a prop that both ears match one another in stead of one pushing harder than the other.
Making two perfectly matched ears is different than copying a prop exactly. If the ears are different, which one do they copy?

If they copy one of Harold's props exactly because it is the hot ticket in a specific application, that is wrong. If they look at the prop and make a new design of their own using digital accuracy based on what they think Harold was trying to do, that is grey, but not blatantly wrong even if they measure one of his prop ears and duplicate the concept exactly on both ears. At least they are doing design and development work at their own expense. They might find that the design doesn't work as efficiently with both ears the exact same as either of the ones on the original prop.

But if it turns out that Harold's prop is the perfect design, shouldn't he benefit from his work if everyone wants an exact copy of his work and design?