Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
Everything I know about engineering( which isn't much) is first make it work, then make it work better(faster,less heat,etc)
My guess is that they start at a slow speed to see if the theory actually works in practice,then look at all the individual components to see any potential flaws and then they start to make it go faster.
Just a guess but maybe closer to the truth than we know.
Sounds very familiar.