Simpler equipment could have allowed greater production than elaborate designs requiring more effort per item. In aircraft handling, a rail system keeps a machine securely in place once it is loaded onto the tracks. Tie-downs instead require sailors to check that each aircraft is properly secured. A complex mechanical system can therefore replace inspection work that good petty officers would otherwise perform, while concentrating dependence on particular mechanisms. A viewer offers the Bf 109's isolatable radiators as an example of complexity also providing robustness and redundancy. Such redundancy can be valuable while making maintenance more difficult.
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Complex systems can replace judgment but concentrate failure
Complex machinery can secure aircraft and reduce reliance on individual checks, but simpler arrangements can ease production and maintenance.